Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14b2245538079ed4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-11 18:48:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 600ed77da65127176ce6424699fc0e7d SHA-1: c54810ba9d0bc180d920a57fbca4af3655990b9b SHA-256: 14b2245538079ed47a054fc9cb8a4304045d0cf125f2ef3f55986d632326f625
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing malicious actions or further redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/860b70f068650052a651c1d9b3e81210/3563730923.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dee1c450c5274a7fd48a23a24e7e2e7c/24042501135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilenmr.com/files/files/27854141104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161331f090607b---10315175229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/19587737806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wemevikinisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vleek.com/uploads/files/41405160314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmuniontravel.com/userfiles/file/77143032250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.name/eros/userfiles/file/51282096693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613402a131e6f---rasamisikamirud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.com/user_img/files/wupaxonepiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycolaborativo.com/uploads/files/52370700548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevjegyzek.eu/uploads/file/doreru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoanghaie.com/Images_upload/files/68465425353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://888chji.com/userfiles/files/zikagimekomaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pension-chevaux-haras-gabereau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goxabud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xpress2.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zunolexatebidevijili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--989ap7r0xbd5x.com/upload/fckeditor/file/43671453690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ski-valloire.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sekodifite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28078269772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ccf826d60---ropab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/368601d7fe1c977096b928742872bf73/talipinit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huseyindurmuslar.com/images_upload/files/47314805276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.se/upload/49797951689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweethomedelivery.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/33625481110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=check+wifi+password+on+androidPDF 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_off0000d762.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD762 19260 bytes
SHA-256: ab566308378a42fbd349f0f917033af93d2f3d70c126c2f9babbbf17a5517585
font_01_sfnt_off00010919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10919 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 87fb54d7cfcb93b0b47903b683de252c6dd4ca55afd0333cb7db237a55aaf529
font_02_sfnt_off000121f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1