Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fae0e03bf77119f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:49:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e482c3e40b99f3b7b8211c9e11cd5d75 SHA-1: c2a9c0165f62ad97feeff903bf1641a20d62924a SHA-256: fae0e03bf77119f2fa7f0b704ae0cbf5b35ca14d05de66470f7b0fbf2c086caf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ets+gre+verbal+reasoning+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db50267642c---47873211977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milosislandrooms.gr/userfiles/file/24478437161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/piker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50f42d01c71928fb61a0642612a0da40/vases.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varanini.pl/userfiles/file/39225942872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1369c2aeb7---menovonodupofovakenage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4v1itd01lcnll4qj72vlusfrm0/94651410892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/3381897802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ongnuocdenhat.com/upload/files/8624953129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9b20680e972069ee35a4d65e54eeaea/vaxijuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/30496376336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e46a2d431c23db10e2f7df9b9be4142/pozulezif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numberonerevolution.it/file/31188802388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/92971168212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5518278484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///kalelijirusimuwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a01f3eb308bc72d51bf464a350463a44/2127676996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrabottero.it/userfiles/files/siwarinavupegog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cnglb1pl75tkjm96i6qsijjl3/netexejinoganusun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/biraresaxekegufotuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210503020054_684807701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85192a1090d87098a74f5cc0979d94b9/fotupipow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pillshop.ru/uimg/files/53348885582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/5307670436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/zoxapalenewo.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_off0000d096.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD096 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A8 17132 bytes
SHA-256: b43d41ac7c0fd74c71cd62d04af070d56c84b96e2d60e00975215b4b35a7420f
font_02_sfnt_off000114ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114EF 10864 bytes
SHA-256: f3f9935d4389d8b2674cb39734dee45e400d088e8aae4a41877038c58ac42d4c