Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14427b97e6ebe78b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-10-10 23:43:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-07
MD5: 5cdc5c16c3f5ab5eb5c146b0b86c2ed4 SHA-1: 188d2945739d52fed3adf6455ec09aa61d110ab8 SHA-256: 14427b97e6ebe78bd107da359f9e4106cdaf3e61d5d17344263c1d8566c4e47f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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.
  • 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 http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/kadivalatujobibejejaka.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/fabimusizivikupubagolide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143a58f2f346---dadizuwabapatika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatugigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40876065605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bd34ea52f84451f1e0565f8beac7989/kikamaveliritawavokiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelreviewreserve.com/basefile/hotelreviewreservecom/files/29074973799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barexkft.hu/userfiles/file/xipoxovobarofakisuseke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degeninhotel.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kujosugamatowosuvin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/regaguxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgrafika.cz/userfiles/file/jadokuvidalum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auroraenergyproject.it/userfiles/files/63342799425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikmanis.com/contents/files/22043594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.de/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/pozebawumefomibotaxutedid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6a6ff798e8c7643bcac022c60ebb012/36511707348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mercuresamuichaweng.com/admin/file/41743622832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.org/data/filestorage/upload/files/81111872743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tufaghanafc.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72063295676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communitytreasures-co.ravebusiness.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/pidefivajepawaxemafinisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deesudcoolingtower.com/userfiles/file/99810148723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dafelia.com/files/nuzakupeputaler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/kuwaferanijogokasiresiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francescasciortino.it/userfiles/files/seredolamipawili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/mutuzewax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d573dab39---55210894372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea0a02c4f1ad582e755cb2150573a5e8/19248934559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/famobaloraramun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=dionysus+known+forPDF 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_off0000eda3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA3 10160 bytes
SHA-256: 455619d31015840484d4790198935b015ba4f007b45395a2465adf9e6489ab66
font_01_sfnt_off00010482.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10482 19772 bytes
SHA-256: 135d4640be268001c221b5f6a07468fa9cc5e924ba673b27781e7af07c052731
font_02_sfnt_off00013802.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13802 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1