Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e31dabfd77a4bee0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 17:10:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d02ba9d859058a641be65a38e258223e SHA-1: fb69b1f04c1ef806073d2dba9197bf3820473f48 SHA-256: e31dabfd77a4bee006a2b8612f66b265989aad50b07f514be333243ab7f176b7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged by a machine learning classifier as malicious and contains heuristics indicating a remote-support tool lure. The document likely aims to trick the user into downloading and installing potentially malicious software disguised as a legitimate remote support tool. Numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute a payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://weborder.cloud/userfiles/file///47882004693.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/vofenerorigaruwuzato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safires.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31823337559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodinovysoused.cz/upload/file/konola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhtindesign.vn/uploads/image/files/92967676888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turskazka.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52259345142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zubrcup.by/files/files/29582206624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrehistoriquesndbc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33857809785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diarch.in/WYSIWYGImage/file/85344320527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/rudebitajekuzimewoxirezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/90501151192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dataction.org/demo/dataction/media/segalojupenopepulosed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://durimawar.com/contents/files/sexolilegusabuwunipek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613abbcf9357e---55475933819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skontrolsengineering.com/file_media/file_image/file/46215685157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actybrain-consult.com/Upload/files/66308970728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/256b658b50cec01c12e850e356373e8f/niterapugarurodus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9da23d6838de821da8eb63539791fec2/numudagewipewapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otczenacts.com/media/files/zipimadutuziwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biirbeh.mn/images/content/file/xuguguwawamutemun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d182fde1ec---61436838258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praxis-greve-polley.de/web/editor/files/voduluwiriwikoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nezudujevefugeronitobew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pqsrnkhk59j6lqghnalbtchmh5/wabojexubabokotiresojosap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=free+fire+90+fps+androidPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d7a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB8 17652 bytes
SHA-256: f979eaf1c5a3ec43771681ec66250fa99a845110daa8d85a9744ac91dcd9aff4
font_02_sfnt_off00011d22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D22 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 1c6d5f560ea57689a554209430a30fe2441b89651db7d8c1489b66fc9445865e