Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fcaa64f04496fb09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 23:58:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 75a6fdfdfb618862b290addac6869169 SHA-1: 9b30064c2bfcbc414fe359b0f26e19601ed07c60 SHA-256: fcaa64f04496fb09d2017819420db9430a46af6d4b98b7b238f56006619215ca
184 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 sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=messenger+new+theme PDF link annotation
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396b3290090---gilegipulozojajufatodub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paseppe.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/palibegiwetaleludonipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/somivejebademulisame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/75891375567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artanuji.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77716233206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megashina24.ru/files/files/42763421900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143c0642de95---21116104864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54128132776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8945b4a62410d9ec85312b8303ca450f/korusemetut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392c7371009---16850910147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136b689a4e68---rudizakejomoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/85352840265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fentesmakina.com/paket/upload/files/73873497500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8ed1538229c4b70a8b114312ef2fa42/dijafobakaxegumisewukose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaihungthinh.com/uploads/images/files/wepezof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1fd4019239a460585bb3eda99962e34/88627205003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-spa-resorts.com/dok/befuzawenagaxapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tselectromechanical.com/uploads/CKfiles/files/75367516241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safedoorsystems.com/cmsimages/file/78866330375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubsecurite.fr/webroot/upload/files/jazoxujitilebogorifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parvazyab.net/basefile/api203/files/lepudebaj.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_off0000cf77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF77 10216 bytes
SHA-256: 4003bc9fb5aefe35670ca408f380b6be574108ca610dc07f062f5a895b6ac9fe
font_01_sfnt_off0000e635.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE635 17988 bytes
SHA-256: 1cd79e1b5473af07d700e298029f1caddf15fe4bde3ed63cbbbf9389ea220848
font_02_sfnt_off0001143c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1143C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1