Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14f687e829050855…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-10-01 06:19:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d1d5fc5991227eaccc44e664b06b7c88 SHA-1: 6e5db408f061de76611906d504c59b821ffa6862 SHA-256: 14f687e829050855a679ffa54c292bc4a650a2b2511608948b3b5093265113c2
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The document's structure and content indicate an attempt to trick users into clicking through these links, likely to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://noglehoma.com/ckeditor/files/files/76883194908.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stsaischoolamritsar.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/dubutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/64685053434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuzonajurimojorikiripag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ropesadventure.com/d/files/zenigif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casadiriposomarsala.it/userfiles/files/bikosetapuduro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.com/callmark/files/44243563832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a4386a3a899e2848607c20d03553084/zisipojapagowip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c6fa490047---20076496134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegnasrl.com/userfiles/files/givesitiwomawoloxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parkerboat.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27029844820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tekizolasyon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kokenuxiwusuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f54fb5f73c---sefefejof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herbwaterthailand.com/userfiles/files/3296759295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614061e44675b---4684486186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://momsystem.ru/public/file/navigiwemuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/tatuzoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/17148534158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungvespaco.com/luutru/files/3243079129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jhservice.net/imagenes/galeria/files/73870060892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zzhqhi.com/d/files/84600288485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/makeganuwumolig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unityproductions.com/upload/files/lifezej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio2.com/contents/files/gifosaturawokozuturilegot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loca-granderoue-montaletang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67358032817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=trainzimulator+download+play+storePDF 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_off0000b257.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB257 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA69 13756 bytes
SHA-256: 3047d0d4a43474da3ec9126cc1391661177c9e4fe9b7dd888e9790216da20514
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC9F 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 37ae66660760f78f737b233a559f6bc527acdc2c9216e0982faa78d506c4254e