Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc1a9d1d9e326149…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 08:08:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 42d6a882662531ea1835689e7dbc1dac SHA-1: d59374af2af479598deb4e2038889b9b44a5a1ae SHA-256: fc1a9d1d9e326149d65ec13bcb7f2ee0d77e777ccc0696b531f384b5671cb310
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. The primary URL suggests a lure for downloading a 'battery saver app', indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=du+battery+saver+app+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.accl-calibration.com/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82499001441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161462a22b3f98---19458600808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vejwun.cz/images/4515331149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmafirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/texidozuzorowisik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanalizace-ul.cz/userfiles/file/65878579945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323e8922dad---tidepifek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/duzigetomojasamol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hankilfood.com/upfile/files/jigapewawegifowexirudut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khyljg.com/uploadfiles/files/36514782356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e126c0046---52203136292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometutorsdelhi.com/userfiles/files/xomovebom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miryangpension.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210917_26141446EC71D5EB.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highdeal.linkeo.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9967174720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stefanourso.com/public/userfiles/file/benilowixogiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devison-matras.com/upload/file/runemeseta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fajomojagawasizit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cemeba.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/44762757945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macjiboter.macjahisa.si/files/file/laleretixefuvixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glina-master.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97056269622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbb42e99b9faf10f4040dda97e5effda/bozisozejewovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfatreyd-mebel.ru/archive/images/file/vekolugexobime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noticiascgnews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81603294639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardens-spa.com/user_pict/file/rokafubazoxevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confidence-ist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92705138254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revive.fashion/upload/files/tixunivixazebixodanozada.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_off0000d362.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD362 10800 bytes
SHA-256: dc3c5d554e1bb9072c1fbbf5671aa6947a9b9ebd1a962bbb13b8b61c4bbab59a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC53 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10465 18288 bytes
SHA-256: f1f8ed37da020a6a48cc5aceb1308023980c8c754552af9a6fe50d90762bed7d