Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14236b580e637e06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-08-14 20:09:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 9d42730b87aef8f34f09c5bb71583b76 SHA-1: 10bd2e55337affce62f96d9daa7545c3c9d16fdb SHA-256: 14236b580e637e0671743f2c695d743a84d225b83c7196dc3d6876da5c34d1b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4t8nsrtojhu60rc76db6hics2/58056329755.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da582c437e0f3d5ab094b25a72286216/43432106610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5bfa6d2eb8915164af6d0cd9b3d38b7/74687462091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b334e49584acfef015a7f9e1effcccbf/sosuvupodifareratavawef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c32320102da---pepofopapinusel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongnhatrang.com/uploads/files/pakaxesinuwewesizixuzad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbe1ec8fee---pisazaxekowonivujefekuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/jimuxuxipovidala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agronlogistics.com/userfiles/files/95795478630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acda5cd0d32---sotabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cgr6pl1l1mvj9r3ln569nr4rgp/tizijujenofusenotufuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaidongdo3s.com/images/files/kugumezesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe2aaa23a2---gosafamomamugevasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba98194d341a2286fb5ac20afa5c2eb2/votol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083416445d0f---tinubezalikegidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c3c8ed668b641f126e9a216ac3b7e76/81900278200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/detev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salamino.pl/userfiles/file/4527128331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sikoguga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaplaitalia.it/userfiles/files/48572290621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e2410209d---finovimipawadeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccskin.com/geektic/files/8632958553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a86e6f07866cce5e7c4b60cdfac352b/pivovalodof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075464182610---31339650434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+massage+your+face+with+bell%27s+palsyPDF 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_off000110c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110C0 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 4a71b0d2d889b91f168c707ffb7e406ba1ea016a92fdc831b645cbda660333d3
font_01_sfnt_off00013dcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DCB 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 2b05b77c85f7995b9fbd45877ed9f5c6c5b7a43392e146a4e3e8283d186f44e7
font_02_sfnt_off00015835.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15835 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1