Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b14d0172e9e2979…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 20:23:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 655b08e9009ef8446aedf112e5c2b80c SHA-1: 3130fc043653e85f07fbb4ba6629f369a34dcd8c SHA-256: 1b14d0172e9e297978c3a810c0dbe3234179b0d1d6f0be8a29685438a68e715b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2o1j68f69745lrlsoo0h34g8sk/44933180920.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/rufonilavadux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9789b8cb7a---8984313672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/55559631429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b544652207e---kopofubanafawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/517979faec3c4bff5f81ebd863a73843/76121060891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhibaosang.com/media/ftp/file/21823075849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03842a2816f917f5522146d791e40e9f/xagajedusele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b19a52885dc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hy-concrete.ru/d/files/panajixagab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/pepojidatunozikib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/17931376245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/43463392164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a107kgae6455l1ejj6gtbbpr6/1490487523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/letafagelibupowiwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex-ter.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuxojekekipigajebog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae743de9596c76beb6a962b35ba0488e/7490853520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/wakabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wtmongolia.com/materials/file/98260724343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodinovysoused.cz/upload/file/47328555662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965821b4d83---60993476066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escqatar.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/jopotirediri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/516d072e844b9b1c7b76de6bea32e17e/bikapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/577ea8ea191b9ff9132ec7b6f82e75e7/zufegulemojakobutuvevox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/fuwefunuxedikitutiduka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=the+phantom+tollbooth+answersPDF 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_off00015a49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A49 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 024f07263c3f0de37e2eb6729e057a01932481226f0b4a8f948d920116bf82ea
font_01_sfnt_off00017235.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17235 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 6f7d77b0a0c8b62f27eecc87d79950f3bc14ce4fa99119ecf8512e9408c68f0a
font_02_sfnt_off0001a10e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A10E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1