Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1c63cc04d8ecb29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-07-20 08:35:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bf105b415fd0133471af0ecc594661c3 SHA-1: 105df4dfe2f1a142ec57d5deb1770545a513b18e SHA-256: f1c63cc04d8ecb29555466930765473113bec2692d5ab6cd22e4d389a79eb8c9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'Remote-support tool lure' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to install or connect to a remote support tool, a common tactic for gaining unauthorized access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ba8ae2af8---toruxoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b5b2bb4b743482444c32bd4b5d35379/ligewimileruruxixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doorsatyrau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pisajebamot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bc3ebfa59e8157630a907d13b589d7a/wobipifumabuwideve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normandyclassof79stl.com/clients/e/e1/e16d7b8530e96d8d426d6b963c92b0b5/File/kalunabeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff7bf296ca28a640607fb1041288ae0b/rawebewegazimorivetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alt-1c.ru/userfiles/file/solumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160967ff837b6b---52526716647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cbed4604cf---gudirivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pui-vital.ro/msg_media/file/munuwanemipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/81787767142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beut4d1k9175iu8lkio39rt5nq/42127515082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/3181745307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e64e075437fd64e7fbbbd44741461a0a/baxape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/tisonomipimivezobara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ac81b8a5f---wakipovozozivufazakebug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcadia1973reunion.com/clients/3/33/33cb7023d77084166ed027ca16b579b7/File/9230573430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d693f06ef---43336619670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49c873d4f0b16d72d2f97e7bc1751901/forabinaweken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78239710d1c5e336d473e57000184419/82481268960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b2c16bd7d---wikuxubamorizaxebawegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfacgroupe.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/daruzapuxaridometiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a65553f67---39622160472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=apqp+manual+4th+edition+pdf+free+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_off0000e2cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fadf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFADF 17732 bytes
SHA-256: 3de558342847c3d862a90945796bc524a36a78c966e58d970fd54308d1540c57
font_02_sfnt_off0001295c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1295C 10988 bytes
SHA-256: b894802d33c650e43b1c9b3768e806fde1e2fe89d704d88a2dda9daeed94cbee