Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9aa835e00df7fd8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:31:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 56788dc6cd14175c2b24e232deaad97d SHA-1: 1a3eb572d24b124295977b1854d7e14d214ccf43 SHA-256: f9aa835e00df7fd81d058b69fe080cba51f5d8f70d98915364e0d0422e08cc23
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The 'Remote-support tool lure' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to install or connect with a remote-support tool. The embedded URLs point to compromised WordPress sites and link farms, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of PDF-specific exploits and the overall structure suggest an attempt to trick the user into executing a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/156467130060c487ca18e95.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/99211028385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahzycw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-23/20210823190000900885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7caf93837c---kukuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d19b4a1c142---87065796967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najarshi.com/basefile/najarshicom/files/25244903236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cb20eae65---47343623431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ih3bn877n0rhnko2b0s2i7ngli/rebedasuvekewolawekomajid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160990258659fe---71770537878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079fc237040f---sodakupiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upnbkk.com/file_media/file_image/file/xarewixefujas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6d6735c7dc---bebojemadozefijomumure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75a005f5b552daff41a16a87ce3dc4ff/larofegilorusoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/69637014107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/dulogiluxowupugabakeguku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/33176854174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021713425209315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/valaxepopemobozabiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5d8fdc8ea0c92e2108349bdcf9a50f3/wepaforadurepaletav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f15ce7e38---17844487105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consulcongress.it/uploads/assets/file/botede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/2021862335355482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64137966155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbikese.hu/files/file/gonuvagizotujaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=post+tensioning+manual+6th+editionPDF 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_off0000c7bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7BF 17736 bytes
SHA-256: 9499934cbb5f2edcdc3d5c9fa0c9885af6a9e3488b77d1b5f6bda91bdaa331dd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f619.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF619 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E30 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 8a9c1863e84d3124324fe25e19ee10fa0bb7397c528a420d5a5948baf6c506e9