Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 014e437a79c6e8fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-07-13 16:32:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f27967ea0c821fbb5304e2a0f1b039ca SHA-1: 87b2fdd9a1ca430ec72eaa1db3b53fa0ad86c214 SHA-256: 014e437a79c6e8fb6b2b960cae42634b360401726e2c9a7368f944dc4db4b3a2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. This suggests a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content or lead users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cook+forest+top+hill+cabins PDF link annotation
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cca51bd02c---dulejixojevawisamawogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvu12h.net/userfiles/file/bigudemuguwusugariko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hq9psrj2b5818p9iqo3ru71kd7/nedikawudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd892705f1---rijuzama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e88a18692---46713569751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/119766639860922975d9c12.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/79626049588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/82320245152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4c571a8edf---10217299137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/74961837630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c346ab714---noporefidup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa3f16157ebe77c54f8f3a7d9de6472d/tutaxalawizikelagitobem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.se/upload/tuvepidasetudipakikuzin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seitonsolutions.com/ci/files/ragupav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxhk365.com/uploads/file///tipupadobukupemozuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa30634fa4c---72757091810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa187faf7734f06620882172544d2575/lowufolilawudomobon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2brp1n39id7i56sjl1v81t7cib/70612145542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab059d092c5---21900443520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff8bf120aa3e260ded695bdd657bf3fe/virotarejaxibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scantech3d.com/files/kefupugow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogozaty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46525365420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a854563ab57---95001387540.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_off0000d7bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD1 17012 bytes
SHA-256: c290051a8a4a3314840260293dceeb172cc2f54ef983e4fdce4801e5bc966073
font_02_sfnt_off00011ca0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA0 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 4a0b32b05780c2f56055a60852578f245b54b54d61e04913ae112f00494a3f6c