Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14a37ab97e7e963e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:35:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ebdf4f91d612acadc75783985b4a4c5c SHA-1: c8dcb00a7efe811de30218530387a4425277d86c SHA-256: 14a37ab97e7e963e19d49cb480a1ec451a079488fcc4519a168c6981eae6d7f9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed for SEO poisoning or phishing. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=microstructure+of+grey+cast+iron+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/zonamizitidupelukone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spy-military-labs.com/userfiles/file/danitifuwefusesoratewami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8qbcue1oo1k4q8hp62din3an1/dekekuwifusasuladu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161216f596daef---96974954694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koratspring.com/upload/file/mevoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dopuskvsro.ru/UserFiles/wixot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ce130efa29---jepebuvunin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210505143454621516xgjre2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d219729ce2a---6740997757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lau6l65brinn04ak66uh8rioik/73295362135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07c64c77cbc4050f9d562a3b4ab52082/gupazojolabavagibebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aahsclassof1978.com/clients/b/b6/b6117739535924054831d33ecd54b00a/File/29793348268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eakqshop.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/mixikatitisujufer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de7f23d7c7246986aca90dbf8c9745c0/19461300468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8e5e6554f3---romebigexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlm-kg.com/uploads/file/nupirusig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa0610e739---nalofejanodakowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/51811364837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cv3odct94qaconfvf089395uq/45544492839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/bivava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orthovision-lublin.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62892564451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikomisushi.com/uploads/files/minejemipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interativacorretora.com/fotosempresa/files/tidekitijekumapex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/kefubonumutibanutewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607331095a86e---gafamuzokozaxejedekavedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc5ee8d53b77217b4550d1be62395669/xibasefezemabimigof.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_off0000de93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6AA 10956 bytes
SHA-256: a44115ed5adf0eaf5f61c266dd9ee2da0c489878961599d75ba2188bd8135c63
font_02_sfnt_off00011015.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11015 18388 bytes
SHA-256: a847b11913d43999b22c4ee05119c6f13c16bfd665190fddc53b85427d9a829d