Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fabc13d8c0d382e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 21:19:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 50d0c35976d36a551296b5d0396ed9e8 SHA-1: de8aa22b8b29806d6a309bfd8266902767901bd6 SHA-256: fabc13d8c0d382e11140d6090e402eeb1825d381f5b0c155186bdb2bf04d0269
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this file.

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
  • 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=stick+war+legacy+hack+apk+ios PDF link annotation
    • https://aarushimukhwas.idealviews.com/userfiles/files/fukufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacgl.org/upload/editor/file/69321873228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sklep-pinokio.pl/web/uploads/files/11845646838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161403cd7f181f---zegavid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e7755fe8e764b93efd551b881a383e0/19154204054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87269528345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topoint.net/userfiles/fckFile/20210907223706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangdientunhk.com/upload/files/48685263826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/gatadedetefiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iehyun.com/editorupload/file/6492388412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szermgrt.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99520296644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rialta.ie/userfiles/files/22023292912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spc1991.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rawolomimapokixozidorobuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alompar.hu/uploads/content_files/files/26454350391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://besttailor.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48970544200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/jogegejomozikup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaktutzhit.by/uploads/files/pazovonexasakigimapebere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://news-hk.net/uploadfile/file///26354396510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161304cf816239---63654156063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homestayhoian.thamtuddt.com/uploads/image/files/22244679259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evaemlak.com/userfiles/file///42723823173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laflammerouge.ch/userfiles/files/11843791054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/38485363159.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_off0000e694.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE694 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000feab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEAB 10916 bytes
SHA-256: cf1c1338dbc9b7e8dd931c836067e0dd6e6a8b15c8a1cbc3c299926fea433ecf
font_02_sfnt_off00011825.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11825 18336 bytes
SHA-256: e474c29252e099ebd8fcaf673ae595f8586d6fb6e8a83d5ae346ac285cab7447