Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fab912d76b3687a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 13:03:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 0a2dc432cd3f105c231347cba0b495f0 SHA-1: c197f747721f9aca0ee61ec20ec2e4b48f6db728 SHA-256: fab912d76b3687a021a922a92e9b0d4edc0b8d4148d0b50e4a475f51e0ef5d61
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many external URIs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/vaxozi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.likoda.com.tw/upload/ckimg/files/25189955096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2927cdd2b2e659427b2ab416af03fd3b/nerabenivoviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteplacard.com/UserFiles/file/pemiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiflex.ru/userfiles/file/18459615163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145b12719787---51188611813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dautuck.com/uploads/userfiles/file/13977108022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamalight.net/business_school/uploads/file/61127959205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercy-grand.ru/files/file/71579446279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wolfpackbasketballacademy.com/content_docs/88145082803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e02427520e1576ef6357aab5524f8ad/daxevimenujirafate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bzsoftware.com/Images_upload/files/luwowezixitijurupebewoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floresdeserrezuela.com/aym_image/files/64519365074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97578862817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobisteelegypt.net/userfiles/file/38199487726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18441f866ba3bb6d0bd95f34abac2586/tijinix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b19429f52---vuxaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicaabrahaoosta.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/keseguxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/suketobolavavovadinem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e97a1438f6---98731982829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lean-ds.com/upload/editor/file/40899767830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalcareerclub.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/53116305500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38a7d941bde7ac04e1984cf7725a7eda/sigumedow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=transfer+date+android+iphonePDF 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_off0000e37d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE37D 19604 bytes
SHA-256: 404e4cfdeac8d300c2114e5ce8a4c5ed5c192ae450513ccd2ce7408b9d71dbdc
font_01_sfnt_off00011632.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11632 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E49 10512 bytes
SHA-256: a9607ce5d2f5505312900f9cce836a90469d692fb7f5c01fff9eb4548324b8b8