Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1600c964ea87813…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-14 03:43:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c6c87211bc573bf890834d49a0b06f27 SHA-1: 03249d2bac46f4b555a46fb97bf950113c6bd639 SHA-256: f1600c964ea87813b04a580edef5e25fd3af89e45aa83695e00e7f3c71fea32b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, likely to download further malicious content. The 'Remote-support tool lure' heuristic suggests the document's content aims to trick users into installing or connecting to remote access tools, a common tactic for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=staad+pro+notes+in+pdf+format PDF link annotation
    • https://alrashed-alsaleh.com/userfiles/files/83899863510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rjkvgsul60s832qb0l6beia284/20147526149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/jiruxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/889d3933ea10e94b1d9ded08d7470f7f/96145961259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/tegisuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083343dc32bd---pewuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85aa09ffd6ca79d899b0e295238210ca/73896082429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5s76fancekitsb7o7snpu12sgb/wupegimuvaxize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gekon.net/userfiles/file/76594169200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6tjt6q4e34flk62frqdt2e1q8/dotovojagemedixusonesebud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45495d7e7c7dbf83944d540a14e03fae/26144671174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4c9844a1c---111524914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/nedoludesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/zazip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harryreichert.de/uploaded_pics/News/file/28250647171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tmtteks.com/files/33705119890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b104672e51c17a9e022f648d67782a0b/dilefezegidojuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736bc475b53---modibagufevixumari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jdui65rbk496scu3r2gpn1f392/93879370834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/gagoxuvedav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/94784497716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imailbox.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/62712547964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kifuzemaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/kibovemozimukoxupinaluvow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-14/20210714060701688553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/75635444624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fb52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011364.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11364 20156 bytes
SHA-256: 3a52a449755fa4b90ea6d030c23aa3a2d0039007490909b23ecfd86f439bdd6d
font_02_sfnt_off00014827.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14827 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 553023b872355cf42c92930b6ed09a31b7b36486824396972bacc815f8a06699