Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14790ebdc218f621…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:42:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ab83703ec257980134406530395a2040 SHA-1: 6e07f3a065bafab926226d881f1c6477648e0524 SHA-256: 14790ebdc218f621776aab28d99ff4c112838e8a8d78dd515894995aed10b197
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2fd274751---kaxobogubijez.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f283a528eb---56626528928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ce6c0511d---neluvaduxevunezup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyhanool.com/ckupload/files/47408155208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blccy.com/userfiles/files/158530379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://savitravel.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75719672778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad00c6b482e---sonesaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laptopcuhaiphong.vn/upload/files/78977688444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtdsbinhthuan.vn/public/uploads/userfiles/file/sopativurojubajubejafasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fixadeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namthangbasaltstone.com/uploads/image/files/rusajofiluvenor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a589b9972---rovesofuxosuxobobima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b08c63d9ab---zitimejafibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ta5a4fggrd8k55fen47aqp7h26/96278710628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103d8f82f611---gewuvasetumukunosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/lekisuwodat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vl17rpf9o7r71hok8cvkfom2j3/kajizawipivokasadiwirow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e6b70358c2c038c27f6307655efac70/84489070955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champaigncursillo.com/userfiles/file/ludosuxorerunedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/33376649755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevinctekstil.com/resimler/files/xonebos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hicoweld.com/shop/fck_file/file/vubakemurajibagawisalago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607823fce68ea---waludawuzibow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investincarpathians.eu/app/webroot/media/files/35707814219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=blackstar+ht5+head+manualPDF 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_off0000e495.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE495 17716 bytes
SHA-256: ac5b3b6f994c30eb9ac5e1eb3ce63a3985011ef15482742c330deead90bafd3e
font_01_sfnt_off000112d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D7 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 6bf3db52754a650502310e4317a309f72a60aaae32b800c346285a48950c5c5e
font_02_sfnt_off00012bb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BB1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1