Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc13ae17126f2b0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-25 20:46:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a6f7f018d6188b2d4c3b82a9ca14994f SHA-1: cd51e841ff247d98da205eb6de88c547603bfd66 SHA-256: fc13ae17126f2b0a44d62e6bcbb32ea9118c322857b10bb8258143fb979159e6
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports that the PDF is used to host a large number of links on disposable domains, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b56d7208b7---51819031903.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://canoeing.by/pics/files/xewupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tattica.byespresso.com/app/webroot/files/upload/files/63989470413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yalcinsezer.com/upload/ckfinder/files/malunazitaremag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilcafe.it/userfiles/file/zuwusajoxugubex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fibertechnique.com/tmp/file/diwomigewakenine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lalicorne-hotel.com/userfiles/file/85803844998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingyao.com/uploadfiles/files/20210919_101016_1687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/pojetamuxodetul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtyxbpzx.com/filespath/files/20210923125535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://excitechem.com/userfiles/file/bozajegokorasodes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondrygoods.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/86315453776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lire-les-notes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/padudosotef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/fitujovibosuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinasoftcore.com/userfiles/file///nubinukasewudule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.net/FCKeditor/file/87638991754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sipzip.com/userfiles/file/59843462133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsraxys.com/uploads/99578315666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lienming-rubber.com/uploads/files/202109061131585406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmnn.ru/userfiles/file/baxudolexugalirepomeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijfbacknumber.com/editor_up/53562422878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilot-nav.socksnbows.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuwaxonorumabafina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67467526498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma-itc.ru/!upload/files/76834461296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=365+dni+full+movie+eng+subPDF 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_off0000af05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF05 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c717.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC717 15280 bytes
SHA-256: ec294b455ec44b0db2a25d314bfc592b636664a36ca4b14ff923ae320b21ce85
font_02_sfnt_off0000edf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDF9 11020 bytes
SHA-256: c5c4f2fc59187b4b9be294ca4a0e395471fbdb06f18320636d756e39c2b48d43