Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14070b537b0f1bd1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:59:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4f5f0ff5bff717384d35e55306bc2432 SHA-1: fd2ea4d4de1b960afd29bf75d7618160cb00e791 SHA-256: 14070b537b0f1bd1957540523e7b6e4fa6bd5b3abcdf83253fac2e0a94cba810
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. This suggests an attempt to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://e-ceramika.pl/userfiles/file/81669523297.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://varanini.pl/userfiles/file/30779344916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l799k4l7059c6822bcfmul54u2/foxemozikixibawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/lawipirifevududexez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793267a3a01---41882752686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c6a9a51a32---61012721760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomarazzi.eu/userfiles/files/69033084929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab2c17d50b440389bed3fd159bea712b/95457613480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteworkerclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5df576c2221b9c6223fed8ec8ef0b70/wamoxafexugivivapekinis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/904bbad6df59e7501a3ea3c7ed9f97a9/86219598264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57713252033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cgt6c2v3bphf3uv59dmihm279j/93089922204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2139db633e296a4e0b215830abb8515b/fopevusanaveposonifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htchninc.com/d/files/75701586759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d4fa9a33a35bfe5b184a6d3c00faf34/pesunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/50997588452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec2570e775df08606bd662d8e8e8c7bd/61567330940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qlionshousing.ca/userfiles/file/dakaxatasixejexogefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/25825152745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/wuranogefekelasivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19so6g48ufrmb1r0bfdiqd31kc/tumejoxotusewipak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emailreceptionist.net/userfiles/file/56736382108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=coulson+and+richardson%27s+chemical+engineering+volume+2+solutions+pdfPDF 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_off0000d205.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD205 17340 bytes
SHA-256: 4f5ea870acf5a966e40c2258bcca26ad0d3304a87f746f4c978b21ba8f5b0935
font_01_sfnt_off0000feeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011702.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11702 11416 bytes
SHA-256: 8de4b1da5c3cd3623049a5c04e06dffdce03aa9fbc2e942c9dc029b14390dad5