Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fae8f3069e2cab91…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:58:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6a16afc3999c3585b3e749f885953187 SHA-1: 1fbf56bbda10439253334b36abcab3a1381fe45a SHA-256: fae8f3069e2cab913eac62ff9fa1b6c9c5ce7255e6f84ea778b25edb891c8d2a
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=more+than+pet+insurance+claim+form+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://hoangduy.vn/vn/files/folopagokodixixawoxike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaafaa7e82327f7fd7e273b7e912c514/8991729609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210531060245_1674547177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6098ac5ff3---49082163321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1b8266f89---951805905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aejmo0alc.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gilovozajewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a1b7824ecff06753083346545eece3d/mariro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iominneapolis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a9ca3b3f4364b91ddcb649d4a811946/rigomixegefiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161135a3fb126c---zovugamopajiperarejava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb870da424---togozatadotixodirone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/666d80edee9f07574df31c450ccf8d79/wagobotitoravofekatatag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3drm.bg/uploads/pictures/files/vinopito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91cccc93e7b4e5f90167a033dccc283d/32506460091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d507c914aa4---87856539528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alcantara.cz/data/file/tozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-42351dc5a6b3.prshots.es/uploads/userfiles/1629278719/files/64284655126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuturesthai.com/uploads/files/37607035841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuxogorojunixajirazor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/93357062944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/20210626/210626042614979461a1thooromucv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e51f94a136a751963ecd0d53d5126e8/gupolixozewowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/764a707f6bccca51a1a76e1dff37b576/xajogirufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/40600766642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/97684666358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grimastone.ru/files/23820251878.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_off0000cde4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDE4 17512 bytes
SHA-256: 3a939a805cf3ba58bdf9e9ae9f22862934c0e231b4af9a2a3a5b198b838937f0
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB74 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 58e8c4ca65cae302063e4628c83fc41c70a75c8909ad35d39bf702a8fcc0fe10
font_02_sfnt_off000114ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1