Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec213323b30d943c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-10 21:44:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 844ef25fd22799e602bfbd8f4a864658 SHA-1: cf860606608ff2d7a1a71d1d8238bafb5d8b0373 SHA-256: ec213323b30d943ce604d34383e2d48eefcd2a9796d69b0c05c800bb3cf93f2a
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains links to external PDFs hosted on compromised websites and potentially disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a remote-support tool lure indicates an attempt to trick the user into granting remote access, likely to facilitate further compromise or data theft.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60dfbe35e2bce87956cea993885210c6/90921204360.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://intersonik.eu/upload/files/83788881004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja.ua/userfiles/file/26512595875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-union05.ru/files/file/29739512489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobas24.pl/Upload/file/zofezebagomodozunaraduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.multilandtours.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/worusivozoliduvivuwoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyacer-ecp.com/userfiles/files/20210909_083851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelrefah4ter.ir/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/vumasixavewidoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ysmenmidwestindia.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/sazugizaniwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc4e44b7c1ab297f7fa6debfd0f09f97/rifanixaxunidawow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petraifevronii.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28405087790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/nuzemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bordadoindustrial.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pababumosogusizopazap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toyotaautobody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83905852646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artepcb.com/upload/files/sesevixipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ac7f508430---xamudalopimuxuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgrafika.cz/userfiles/file/vixifitamigewavoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kor-ra.ru/UserFiles/file/58107349183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandervalk.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/maluxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stemcellhairclinic.com/files/files/xanawekubutekakojop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toananhmedical.com/uploads/files/zemoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/25590934017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayinmaunhat.com/upload/files/bamesegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sedefartphotography.com/resimler/files/kuwitema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=android+mobile+phone+software+downloadPDF 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_off0000e061.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE061 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 179e4a938dc5bc2a86340495dd8830fad853b3f70b6c04b4bc9dc033deb4645f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF971 18112 bytes
SHA-256: cd1e8b55b032b00cb1534e6a209c3ede2a35e9118b3b7410ea014472f9122339
font_02_sfnt_off0001288f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1288F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1