Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14a381b503338e63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-25 00:51:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: af48ab2ce38fa06e5b7afaa7664535f6 SHA-1: b23f569e490ee26f5211e26644d4a0acebcbc013 SHA-256: 14a381b503338e639f38363866e7e77e26ddb2495656c36d0fae33fdf3fcf25a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://erictex.com/ufiles/files/wuxomukikigifokovutu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.petercar0937494634.com/upload/img/files/nafeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/16918944686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/2021718848591427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a216f4adf2d---19936592240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lt2f35e0ckpouecf77ojklsbf4/62269746489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asude.istanbul/ck_images/files/89896606055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimumnieruchomosci.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/40839085169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/20210704213644577478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e49a8f266---pumuwepifurulifeloxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designklasse.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44512696650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/62241042453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd0fd09b2da---kuwokotuxokilasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a0c12910767097240a4fcbe581ca337/17298678824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--nmqu14inmf.com/upload/files/sexidulumifabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wintec-samu.hu/uploads/files/nunimur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinecommerce.bg/uploads/pages/files/zuwofegirizalimobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd1c3274aa---bidapibezubijon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalaserasia.com/upload///38191633470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipsbricksalumni.com/clients/56168/File/xiwutemixete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1fdc9ad0d---88404977050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wietsevoermans.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23890680999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97c3119f5d---73062787331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----itbbfrdrdbd4bgy6gi.xn--p1ai/webroot/files/files/rapumijenosatenexijifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67889436118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=key+quotes+from+macbeth+act+1+scene+5PDF 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://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_off0000f60d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF60D 11140 bytes
SHA-256: bda409513404a65d50c8556af1c8de82116f14cdab7bc55aafc60caafd5738ef
font_01_sfnt_off00011010.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11010 17604 bytes
SHA-256: 0724c443bec3e1c7318bab7d49d255ec4aff11e0ea78591df093a4fadf18e248
font_02_sfnt_off00013e22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1