Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14bd160c6759be77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 21:19:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c8d4a184a0e69983b9c388ceddf307b3 SHA-1: a50646c765a8e0844ec28fc3d938d2c6fe43840a SHA-256: 14bd160c6759be77aaad2ca57a7c67494609c0c463419b0fe94583faa444fc1d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+free+photoshop+app+android PDF link annotation
    • http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tupigekomasasofamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/patefunotalojulonuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liubeauty.com/luutru/files/kadokekilotigoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://behtarinekhodetbash.com/files/files/nafiziserenow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137fc9b8a330---14267925698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massintech.ru/img/outer/files/16741090321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rimini-portal.de/bilderarchiv/file/jerisenutadoteda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saint-florentin.charcutier-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87059435831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd08ca4429801e0f540635bc65a90ffa/38201371283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mujeresenmovimientoplus.com/userfiles/file/26622872967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubablimel.pl/Image/files/nevajago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdhouse.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rebopofenupubugufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/fofutujutalavunujazeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoraccessories.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/11408530254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsunyapi.com/userfiles/files/mugusozusezudodibalos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effektfilm.de/files/file/11575339538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobosgrunt.ru/files/ckfinder/files/13274366468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/ramorutupaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd5965f84edaf56f7b87b6402f289663/33902087499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/62774977843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614323433f804---40976740781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservice.com/uploads/files/12697856290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevjegyzek.eu/uploads/file/77608347738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zvaracskaskola.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/56887995372.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_off0000ea4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010266.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10266 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 9adb3be8bfb7a6b3cc2103cc52fba28ec5e0c2b929a5283c3b03cbfcaffbde6f
font_02_sfnt_off00011a8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A8F 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 598632125ff43b20f8bdf88fd80bd0e6b944c8d7be7e053d7c99c32a0d203d6c