Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14274a9441bf1c01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-08-19 11:07:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-24
MD5: 9908a237f0c7a16ba39bc6e205d1ab3e SHA-1: 7060fee68c228fcb22d17953180482f33c18fb93 SHA-256: 14274a9441bf1c0168cd9194e39b13bd6e60d1b90dd976f2e1d2173d7a72e313
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. 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 0.9991

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d681892bac---81088869095.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pm-ural.com/uploads/files/wikikekamuxifod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/129da08808a65de65c4814e9bcaf0913/96197282765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083338825a53---82540036336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf799c5cad55fc572c21b24498a8df2a/jatininuzewuliso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagepoorter.be/files/files/5949848286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-midas.ro/files/file/baxurezenofarilowutixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c62aca4ae16---78433089015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081986c69530---tonavidajutami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scmsalliance.com/clients/864514/File/xigakijuwuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnersdigest.org/userfiles/file/bovixubugotefimoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160973d2a65274---6847276455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1877painters.com/FCKeditor/file/73465976352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9b20680e972069ee35a4d65e54eeaea/vaxijuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musthighschool.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tezozisefusarusibalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a61442bfff5357905843545594e6268b/tizaputexazazizes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbconsulting112.ca/userfiles/files/46946200412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bastola.org/userfiles/file/sarijabososamuvisekotovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qshtunb7aicbbc46j6fqc6ar0/34677105482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ae014525c38315da966ad3c89144977/28627779974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbikese.hu/files/file/gonuvagizotujaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/77130239893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+dstv+now+app+on+hisense+smart+tvPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/73578166946.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_off0000ebbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBBF 16956 bytes
SHA-256: ca57f244582898db72e7f9975dc809a032b2cfee1b446fd2614d122336402d0c
font_01_sfnt_off00011810.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11810 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 4a91b4851f23def834c06eb3d99497dd35906dfa3ab4e16cbdb2be2802c06351
font_02_sfnt_off0001310c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1310C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1