Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa70bf0bae789eed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 21:37:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: cda00485ac2842fd759fcac5305d6c5b SHA-1: 92b687c5b4906a1961a9eb04840079292a6bffd9 SHA-256: fa70bf0bae789eed849c859575bed02201aea8e543cbefa44d8503252b1486df
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links, some of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate a lure for payment redirection or credential phishing, specifically impersonating Apple. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Payment redirection / bank-detail change lure high SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE
    Document describes new or changed bank, wire, ACH, IBAN, SWIFT, or routing instructions — a high-value business-email-compromise pattern
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+transfer+sms+messages+from+android+to+pc.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+transfer+sms+messages+from+android+to+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://lamardaegu.com/upfile/user/file/pitinazev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwclayton.com/uploads/files/gikubosomomawuxunob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613211a68c91f---zejapugupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiwum.wyryki.eu/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36717240251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motionmantra.com/userfiles/files/84235108812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propertiproperty.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/tesuwakuleni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://temahr.hr/files/86650040391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gonzagafood.com/userfiles/files/dosoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tufaghanafc.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wowadifagibobaxoberulozob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thecuriosityshot.com/77573367596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/dozewifalokan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakura-bashi.com/uploads/files/202109120950571900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmen-bekleidung.at/userfiles/file/44678514692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://client.diffuse.info/files/vavibujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhatuogz.com/uploadfile/file/lutirader.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408ecc75014---kaxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc51765735---tupanufinejologegegoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1o9m49qjbjvlet3p75mn1mmtle/78772410025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb454b3349c883aaf239ed3725f7b228/51845418959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellnesszeewolde.nl/site/data/ws/files/pabuxafob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/rewedefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/38150631505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyeetomsfishing.com/userfiles/file/fumasupowiwuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongduong.net/Images_upload/files/nedisuzexopabogale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54986166790.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_off0000d5fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5FE 17384 bytes
SHA-256: f19aa9ad92d6d6f2cce5d4a7915dd52b078a108c5405c13d178e0ab3702b3cb3
font_01_sfnt_off000102d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011aef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AEF 10996 bytes
SHA-256: f85ebdb7830fc820a089c7e7778656928d956d8702d894d7aa2b6dc0d3edfe47