Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f321f2016268b552…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-08-10 13:19:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 26b1829563d6c4ba473d30992cacbdbf SHA-1: c0bbb00b386ae68ff5a3ae6a8d818bbd43c1b86f SHA-256: f321f2016268b552eda277b0978a7d55187c60e729669152dcc7c136443f5ade
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to install or connect with a remote support tool. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest an attempt to download and execute a second-stage payload or redirect the user to a malicious site, aligning with phishing and exploitation tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://go2germany.ru/files/file/basovivaxon.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abroadster.com/files/jimave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75ihq5rtsd8j3gdd7isj50oggv/70547240633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce6c4cd4e3---21834811003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/10046008980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36864a7118b9b9e9f32f8afddae17ba1/99766027502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h0nq5acoq1cojh86o2g2tjfatf/jalaniketodoladuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b8b2ca3b7---xibupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/70570808910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymsoft.us/aym_image/files/dekatubowovoxajamev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nijizafozovosefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/71936940985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e36be7dbb---sutifuzukuxujevanavaraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacvietexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/63867020090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5782d6afdc1c87e789ad335609ff1d96/butegikaneraxokapipoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoilhpnqbthanh.com/upload/file/ligij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszrendeles.hu/files/files/pibasis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/60034682988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/53212492683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotararicedo.ro/files/files/doredidedoparilevebipate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/80254185910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/fiweporukufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/39397976343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.antoniopopolizio.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51830747186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cau36eiti84p1krb6ktkj4d7gm/bovovabipujitaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=river+flows+in+you+flute+sheet+music+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_off0000e757.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE757 17944 bytes
SHA-256: 24e3c18d4ca935363a157f248546991cf95bc2518663727bea26efef0a0328c4
font_01_sfnt_off0001157d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1157D 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 0f50c925a45e199b79063d7dc87f6b40f427f0695de9de413491517206ce0b09
font_02_sfnt_off00012f62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F62 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1