Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 144154f7d20545f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-07-04 19:36:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 9be952ea3f5667bfc07e1914489350f8 SHA-1: cc27313a4d5221aeba993cd303f37f79b3ea5914 SHA-256: 144154f7d20545f0cd6740f2cd613e4a3a7a1e6936be662aa3f7afcb1faef994
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded links that form a link farm, with many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm suggest an attempt to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://fsoa.cn/userfiles/file/84774215802.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04j8a5ttalsn0bhdp2oniudniv/95389822187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67479cf10c7f279753a66de2a7e9f1e9/refixikojabuviso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/44039437783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d9a8f1723---mesarirerevugelinawosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/046817aa1c89465e7e308395903485e3/5434342443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942f75d9e4b---lefafep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e3d3c43df---40152075315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/34003827364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcv-bo.org/data/fcv-bo/userfiles/file/73382562474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f95a91802---fuwerokazefixuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgeandmaryjones.com/clients/f/ff/ff66b05efb8f16ea353d8e6908bb1429/File/gosutilewowiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b276e09c039---26789194665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1t0av6rckdkjod255j99ng6erb/kofetomufepekuzuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcb651dfc7d6b38ec14cd165b7c7b3cc/dalovewam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/pesirimutedokixakanavik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/lolutesoxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a63453b87cb96a947a437669dd70e78/77831454854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smitheaster.org/clients/861344/File/gerolutugotudipefowijesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ce3e8f49205ca013c38c84b537d630f/rakepugajesob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/heag5d2sq6gn0jl58orotn58e3/jufawafonikawariki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgn89reunion.com/clients/862287/File/posuzevogijiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37412def179e52ab9acba5b7aeb24a18/62490752043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ec03e489d---vowejobowepijaruzoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincentpopetutoring.com/clients/d/dd/dd6b7bcf94cac99d3bed97cf8166637b/File/lekanukosado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078cfaf4fbe3---jalipunimixomuruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=letter+of+intent+to+hire+contractorPDF 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_off000110d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000128ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128ED 10176 bytes
SHA-256: bd3b1a2e2d591b701ce369f753ba85c286bf5aaee1bce2675d889bb88eb3204f
font_02_sfnt_off00013f97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F97 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 94db426f726229602e77be3fa80bac99b257aa6489c0f2e034a5a9cab5ca25b5