Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14b8cde76ce9b02d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 01:19:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 66f57178de522003674fc434bba2eb59 SHA-1: 14f53d71cf93b8953cb0bd5621f601164ac1dc98 SHA-256: 14b8cde76ce9b02d80358dba78a161f80b6abc41e2c8a251d8f2901df4ab039f
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate it's a lure for MFA or password harvesting, and ClamAV detected it as a phishing trojan. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • MFA / one-time-code harvesting lure high SE_MFA_LURE
    Document asks for a one-time code, authenticator approval, or MFA confirmation — consistent with credential phishing kits that steal session tokens or abuse multi-factor authentication
  • 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://studiozoppini.com/userfiles/files/26416052399.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://spellenindex.nl/images/uploads/13438741919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fencefactoryny.com/userfiles/file/kukofoduzuxaduguxotud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613677861be87---54038932967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/23035730755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agapetown.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/papoliluzinaxefujefog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galsabino.it/userfiles/files/46042298273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxshop.mn/userfiles/files/nomemigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotelek.hu/files/file/1688276794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/xibowivalike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejede.com/userfiles/file/80699330393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugsinc.in/UserFiles/files/2147858587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crownprolaw.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/31033377138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/88032483484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/80204068459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eaf943f602---36128373123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d43a0ac66e---peminigokasoxasibut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b7678bc5299ad4f4e783bf0393f36a7/38937368390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhizhencn.com/filespath/files/20210918050930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdtonline.vn/static/uploads/editor/files/43805744046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613679606c80a---bopedikifibogolofix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mynigaoe.com/upload/file/20210906180837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bec8fa0fbc2c40a91509296e171083db/jivumemuzaputan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/3987139983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/files/kinaxiwukofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=android+proxy+authentication+username+and+passwordPDF 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_off0000d7aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7AA 17924 bytes
SHA-256: b3e2fe2f5da68f6b540a070d1e2143f740c82eb7511b9bbc194de2a493d47abf
font_01_sfnt_off00010712.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10712 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F29 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 02890dc1ea77dd17ec7dd610d876a18c2a2c1e3c979877430761c6ce7bb30eaa