Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef42ca6b10a1bfa1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:45:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d0bcfb40fcb586104080ea881328ab00 SHA-1: c7b4f6a6324272b814dda33fc79075a38bb52a3d SHA-256: ef42ca6b10a1bfa122209a16374c2c9b97dc6cbf94bfdc678068ce5093ace10d
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains multiple links to external PDFs hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to engage with a remote support tool, a common tactic for social engineering attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://kolasinprevoz.rs/slike/files/vadopudixaxepuja.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.net/slicice/file/94205398619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actlogistic.vn/upload/editor/files/36719238039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growyourmoney.in/userfiles/files/24523806554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79fad60c526d67f56e2476fd0c657a0c/sozasikeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-midas.ro/files/file/1107943963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/sijiligibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/bukaniperusibuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c23052cdeb8---bomugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsgarten.com/editorData/file/13967660869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab051163e48---61665909660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9674f9a02e94b17e564a19293677318d/totozipenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/dolidozoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/rinoniwadojefaneju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdac2ce8ae7ab9aefc3e3e2ef8b018eb/kusokenakofoliraxige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6052e2b4b5---8681799174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smitheaster.org/clients/861344/File/dadaxiboxufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/57880027516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/820552a6819f9b2821eea405d394fb3f/vopif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/bebavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jbj829pqttrmudkch6vviivrk0/4208821495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leakefamilyreunion.com/clients/63964/File/46205178193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=sudoku+booklet+pdfPDF 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_off0000b682.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB682 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE94 16028 bytes
SHA-256: 9187090f5e26bbc0578b050a4703b397e90104fed72a0a44239cd29b00a267aa
font_02_sfnt_off0000f77c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF77C 10272 bytes
SHA-256: c92d9d56e5f9f6e093148094e72554e18b0f2d01c0a6a9dcbcb1bb755ae0f53e