Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14bb6d69bf2a00d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-07-15 18:00:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: db96255923209b8cbf69d38b3f7306e5 SHA-1: 096633cd811a29a402d4af89f9737dc3bc4d38d4 SHA-256: 14bb6d69bf2a00d4bcad032ba7a9683b89d2b7af908257f34ed5f3fae008d458
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is a PDF document that contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct clues to its purpose beyond the numerous links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9902

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=retaliation+meaning+in+tamil
    • http://bioscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/19229845835.pdf
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/96603790794.pdf
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/jutovojevakisuregisokubu.pdf
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/nifojaterasisezagebeba.pdf
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ca8e89966---maxefisedebuzipexizapule.pdf
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4f561e5268---bovofefenakupaba.pdf
    • http://pulsarvn.com/media/ftp/file/towuvule.pdf
    • http://circuitvietnamcambodge.com/hinhanh/file/fititufitixitu.pdf
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/7017117793.pdf
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ca729082a---79383781832.pdf
    • http://haki.vn/uploads/files/39034677868.pdf
    • http://camberwelltaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/befujud.pdf
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1621561301.pdf
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/10371702914.pdf
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/21531110423.pdf
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/40164334645.pdf
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53a0f0e2da70ef2217c2d6fcd7dc0076/95345791872.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824eb7f230f---21670030111.pdf
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607856382b868---retiruwajuwebafonibagi.pdf
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a035ae502eb12e55a83335ea60cb4297/saterademaselixopibep.pdf
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/35341321843.pdf
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7maid22qel92ja2p6vo16s7ooa/50322440134.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off0000ebe5.bin
9a787c41d6c0ccc927cd946d77720e387b210457f1c2d426c07261a4a3f73c3e
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xEBE5 18908 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000d3d4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3D4 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010b4f.bin
ccc7c4d4d5e04e58e43c1271bfe3568b0539403b38b6bd19cca3c6a3efb73ccd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B4F 10228 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00012232.bin
a8161c2f5ba9235eb51b4fcc43b6bb219725019365cb8d38f9ec25dfe5ce54ff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12232 3464 bytes
font_04_sfnt_off00012fad.bin
4155aaf6135a66c0903859b38269ed110788e44c54a88061530fa62f048301bd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FAD 23572 bytes