Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01b14f0c42c63344…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:08:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 76592fa69bbc8a43cc64295772798131 SHA-1: eca1b6d57ee507699a1ba8eae733ad4dd5aea736 SHA-256: 01b14f0c42c633445031eb3a3cf5b5465a8b17a438ed265ef342880be07b3488
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggests it is designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' specifically points to a tactic of using numerous links on potentially untrusted hosting to obscure malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+business+studies+textbook+for+junior+secondary+school+3+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://leguido.net/files/25339778850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a753917f074---moxakawilavegejuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5dc57b1f70bd6df59beb8af275be0fd/jevepitusaxawoxape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/74586421689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sambelteri.com/contents//files/mudarufamizavoxagulowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b96271e0b6f026bc088dc4f58993e07d/21520365242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/wulutemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/86423550695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/76349122430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b9f490fe9---29915695851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/35637686694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/retumozugupimogebekutuwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c137dc443fa2aee2f61cbf2010da4be9/87188632741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dostrojar.sk/UserFiles/file/87157616043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087942ac6fe4---devilemakosusiniwagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4daa4fb4357e10d07a944b6fc17a94bd/vopoladimiwowalajupuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19d3f54b57---18586598700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c439380d879---luxivizexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804195098af---vapazivefoleditafufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waltonjohnsonfamily.com/clients/870437/File/suxufunireniru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/94364030936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/dumipakatinala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/33860624065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basumati.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sekufabibivipitazato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmgeducationtrust.org/home/vmgedu/public_html/public/userfiles/file/81307012825.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_off00011997.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11997 17764 bytes
SHA-256: f9d010610c2db1fa163043d1dd020f374aebc1ac315b98ff0c4e11aa416fc9e0
font_01_sfnt_off000147fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016011.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16011 11652 bytes
SHA-256: 3f9df4beb43b82bf09e47687a4e2314b7a8ee5701f0c8de8b351223db96f3a96