Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14c97dc0457c6fd2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:07:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2388a369aabedff6029a8948ca6c8901 SHA-1: 54a6b1458c920dba177185973c4f017ccaf24336 SHA-256: 14c97dc0457c6fd21e2065aa99911f69b679ea534f830e10f59207ebd78fa51b
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=123movies+the+forever+purge PDF link annotation
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/60222665303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sheilahancock.net/blogfck/file/torovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonsaokhue.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/birenapifegopugejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/file/20036897829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143ecb510c27---lunaxaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/koribu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/21290113918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134228605d27---naruwijoximevoxesij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613018e8a3ee9---zerevijenixejusujuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/69605795290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.puhito.hu/uploads/22923628231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://087334211.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54703206591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoscm.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29443556405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekmeta.lt/failai/file/jizipufewuxubokibubel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otestmanager.org/club/data/userfiles/file/20210910024537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a1e9b02410538464905504d3b99e946/xevefinuvajufidunuvijuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/43242880466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unifor975.ca/userfiles/file/15766442537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134afa5c1bd8---17229562395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kavernoklub.com/campannas/file/32054885357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plagij.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vapusadebigukibuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhavalaya.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52616005308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139c237c8b87---13682761468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24177496907.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_off0000fa2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA2E 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 3baecf6811c9971d2bf9fddd2e9f17e7d8474a807038c45a0fe2ce2606d8ec73
font_01_sfnt_off0001138e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1138E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ba0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BA0 20140 bytes
SHA-256: 9d1ecbe881be255673d5415e29c37b3be318c5ee59ae52deffc201c493a5f19b