Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a14116bba3e6fb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-21 09:35:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: fb635998f7014bb06c7fd3cf0dc4103d SHA-1: 6fe013679160fc817443c4ee67a57290af6d5810 SHA-256: 1a14116bba3e6fb3071cd3bdc610aaa4a6fccbfd0cfe3610d1db003a48cd185f
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score further indicate malicious intent. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a phishing and trojan delivery attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64fb74b0bbf3ed12b7ec8c70963435dc/17146606596.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d37c5bdfe5---20229381214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunecharts.com/userfiles//file/xofasow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thementalhealthadvocates.org/files/userfiles/file/62747868831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damnoen.com/ckfinder/pho/files/mamubefen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seattleteriyaki3.com/uploads/files/48490045091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/ximimobovobajubepuvune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cicfmpcs117csek7tpfpjpo8iv/60310891308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huile-de-nigelle.info/userfiles/file/kijamulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ec2c5966a---xodefoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i97tqbgpig81gcasu54pimt4p6/67031494219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e07874fdf69843836fff6d598fed352d/99118155092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palaciodelosnavas.com/userfiles/file/35433867473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160977417a9756---4418254080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vurunafemawenekiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modaxch.com/userfiles/files/45544816795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8dbbe91b69---33649114578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiloverca.com/uploads/files/pakuxefikuxuxixed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/kuravizinomawonaxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8068cfc32c3bd6c7fdd81f204b89e82/35418368409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/56259604262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anhhuynoithat.com/asset/files/zemiximelosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/vuwurerotanomazigirufut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/laposor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/32343356869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+platinum+randomizer+rom+download+gbaPDF 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_off0000e329.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE329 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 492545ba81f4fe490126ffdc1cf3cf45c84070fc5985dd50a792c23474c2b506
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001148a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1148A 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 48ed87197908103b71b2251161ec160db19c05d3b93bcf521fe1871bef5a425d