Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fabfc91ee13b46c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 18:28:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ac1b9f69ee56dfcb06519f129fa000ef SHA-1: 957b3264e7ef4adea36544cd4e96ba7c61add488 SHA-256: fabfc91ee13b46c2e51abfe9835cd5a2d65f0a1249d2be10e676dd0277b1e62e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites. The presence of a QR code lure suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely involving a second-stage download or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=scan+barcode+flutter PDF link annotation
    • https://morganmethod.com/ci/userfiles/files/13429322657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosabaum.de/web/editor/files/mefutojituj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/53861917951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaketiga.com/contents/files/togeguzinemaxigifonijoduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adium.ru/userfiles/file/kaxevakumefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechelseaff.com/user_uploads/files/lilalopiriwetizowemire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/46715739839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotoippc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13001494041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba01ad0b67.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ec0a9e65526c37dc9da508da8b48421/7267625659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613744a8adf45---72555129856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/1831710856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penmypoem.com/new/admin/uploadfiles/file/62420429056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuk-amro.de/userfiles/file/47397152191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suvamadubolegawidiguja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://waelfawzy.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e55d3f85b9846176682ab4474f7e8132/99281817495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iijkot8fmch98ldnp8ohvra032/nukiletozemejisofawoxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pietroquatriniarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/sibaviparasutomoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/5704141353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lerucherdesanges.fr/userfiles/file/rozekumosebakowisoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranch.pl/files/file/jizekuwasemivaboxoxediju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willbramephotography.com/sigaxowojedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-menu.hu/editor_up/69953063288.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_off0000eed9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEED9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106EB 18444 bytes
SHA-256: 083d57be63be4bc603d01abd8caaac58e62d3804ca0953f04b1a4a48dd4fb764
font_02_sfnt_off00013653.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13653 10524 bytes
SHA-256: f6470374ad38481955028de17986122c10982613e93f460a0cacc2fc7e40b504