PDF malware analysis — malicious · bab48f3fab56a386

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 12:30:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31

MD5: 736817d7e1d5e6cba06de178654f2fc9 SHA-1: ef78a0e28b26e827bd2f584a51a9bc007fec5667 SHA-256: bab48f3fab56a386f584dc5c4188e6647c618736935007956ee86d207c32b672

164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, strongly indicates malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support this, flagging the PDF as malicious. The links likely serve to distribute further malware or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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
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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=michael+jackson+moonwalker+arcade+apk PDF link annotation
- http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c28843e098---68254503576.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614259c896c7e---54045621124.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://razredna-nastava.net/files/85342534771.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://mediedil.eu/userfiles/files/35211627319.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://miass.realxenon.ru/uploads/files/xidexozip.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://chanhbon.vn/media/ftp/file/fikejupenuwetar.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://datenglagi.com/contents/files/23103196828.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/56406128623.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67b2e50a159d25121c7baa0337bc6c31/banotubava.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5574445823.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://yongchengtech.com/uploads/files/202109071124349466.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/79597379555.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://ahchala.com/img/file/62217231931.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/56821383825.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.domaine-de-la-ferme.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nifamexolelep.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135655c5e8d6---5093929000.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://noclegsosnowiec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/1465275883.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://knuhpharm.kr/userfiles/file/20210903012812.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://kheops-so.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/difigawolelukinemifeni.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://hbphoto.ca/resimler/files/13518252273.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://3suntech.com/UploadFile/file/20210912010855697.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.texaco.bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jipakifagukuzutubixuj.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/noweniduwulozesaxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://ahzycw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902212327164597.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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off0000cb71.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB71	10980 bytes
SHA-256: `ed70ad7a5c6dcab6b02e0f2c647f916470184d20be2660a496fc5b0542d7c909`
`font_01_sfnt_off0000e4b3.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4B3	18796 bytes
SHA-256: `d1602185a55249320ea3ae294e7fe28a02d8cb5803d888566097806d2913b55a`
`font_02_sfnt_off0001154c.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1154C	16792 bytes
SHA-256: `9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1`

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