Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14d427aa7c761053…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:06:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a1c6ca914e4f78a8bc561278adfd549d SHA-1: 5871df7f447765f0e0635e70a374c071297ab046 SHA-256: 14d427aa7c761053a95c5ff58fb81e30a02a63d017cee7af114bb6cc790abfbc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, directing users to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

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://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3rufji69au9hu6pdc8fmf3auf/5032944829.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://calisnt.com/uploads/files/41232190271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/raxobokukadipumadavojab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aptitudeclass.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xolazivanid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brod-plovdiv.com/images/fexixaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjalikave.hu/pictures/file/nezipen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f9ad1090f9b94dfff192edb3b839640/36325086160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d82119ef006---zewan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tobaditat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bighost.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/49891944427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmtours.co/aym_image/files/jafukexurumafuzovowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehreganimaging.com/images/upload/files/11161331002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irrisyst.eu/files/file/genal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/79707145988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e504366083a---4199439294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2735a8c31c---vojotitezejunitapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/103b629d2f00a3e0082552a033cc9e01/zojidapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/baziretaraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a5productions.com/home/a5pro/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7174715261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de7a4dd188---bunapabusigaporamep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8t9f07a34avp7gt1cmat4liena/19424237479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhondachem.com/d/files/8170869559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpatswatertown.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43440167798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9950c1eb55f41ea65d05b4ba4aa10d8e/gozop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3958a66a80---84328784818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=soalan+matematik+tingkatan+1+pdfPDF 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_off0000dba4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBA4 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 5990fe9486d07507708c22fbe74df5816ba5fafd3ac52bb65ac1f61d111ffdce
font_01_sfnt_off0000f450.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF450 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C62 17864 bytes
SHA-256: 81eae75ebbb1c0b16e010a8d415de7926f4dfd4b453217ed1edcd7d46daeacd9