Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fae488f720cdd6bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 21:13:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 7650ab7e05ec256eebaf1525b3f18a60 SHA-1: b48bfa861aed5beedc5a6dfbad60c29fe90ca222 SHA-256: fae488f720cdd6bbdb04e15a03dd4b4223e4e92b2457a16d89542010b8b830f8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The sample likely serves as a lure to direct users to malicious content hosted on these compromised domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d3a63f87b5e71919ea3739a079dd903/dutulugeda.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/925c75121e515478c25137634855d963/43048732019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ad19798cc---67234067885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mds-horizons.com/upload/files/75166380235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://larrysiegellaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/25855407820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210603_F32E4D650E12320F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c4c9ae481a---retunimoxavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/43336335964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eviinstall.com/userfiles/files/18510453684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48a409a72c2d224c2aa252944ac595b1/tiledotulazedidesotikub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/506ab7cfe0c0d23b1797b2871a12b43e/24943667858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02afb447381fa2795d1efebd290bb231/5266614812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/32188863458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cvusr4peut8q3lh9vdtgnkv09/59067000921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b704a46da79ff1c907aaf0617f54c67e/79936772332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61746147917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baecfe70c8e---zituzeditilutifavuvaveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalsteakandstogie.com/clients/1/1d/1dbb6d5698303b6304ae84622e226a19/File/71507032523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0bae11d202---jomimomepifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/69911265250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b1d204b1342a4eddba16796e41e9160/zedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9d90685f7---vewenujamemubuvur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/55230116920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esejsc.com/upload/files/99430822363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=proust+and+tolstoyPDF 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_off0000fafb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011312.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11312 10232 bytes
SHA-256: f951ef85f7096420439b56a076a8f8ff918a715081903b1908636bf659c01bfc
font_02_sfnt_off00012a3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A3E 17508 bytes
SHA-256: 1e26b231e8a20e828b6e065ad068a7ed255b4e3d85c24363639b7205f52ccf6b