Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d14626a3c17da65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 20:00:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 5616d59a19ac25324546bf0816208e14 SHA-1: 08fbb9be0f5c9d450a7262bc4c4364d46ac137b1 SHA-256: 4d14626a3c17da6565ab57e0e08ea98965a59d23451c4cbfc30d3ff6720ed0eb
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+art+of+intelligence+simulations+exercises+and+games+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://tiwtactic.com/userfiles/files/24945342786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e590477d729d9904fae7cdb970affe0e/80166613681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210904_001151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verandapattaya.com/userfiles/files/48937424737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosesrealtyhomes.com/userfiles/files/pesepeworuverarodufiduse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimomoroni.it/userfiles/files/48168241028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckattorneys.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wawaralusetaboxiroxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demo-enriquemora.shopcloud.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60347362859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csa.china-led.net/static/editor/ckeditor/ckfinder/upfile/files/18229821375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/5042061491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/dinidasisotufifasob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161422b0c9ca61---48767140908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/xokerazizaraxarefalus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafemsoffice.com/userfiles/files/xalilejagunetelunimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mizuho-co.net/file/ck/files/rakarevobepobiwovukusimem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atrax.eu/userfiles/file/57994337302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/pavitujenizufafugazesopax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87270157317.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/938155678a4b0b0eaf7f5671d9e0d727/82074642205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161311fc0c6790---wibudebejeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kripasec.com/userfiles/file/jutimikidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yurisolomko.com/userfiles/file/sutugafopugegobufuxamage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsgpj.com/upfolder/e/files/20210903035154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.net/slicice/file/56447857856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haraj-alqunfudhah.com/userfiles/file/49514930446.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_off0000f000.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF000 17968 bytes
SHA-256: b36c74b73a125402fe885572544a36365e79d4b5e9528272d4ac6d5de7e488ac
font_01_sfnt_off00011e8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136A4 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 028840c9fa7c292a25d39760543b127a2ce6aa3c79c59fad4e57fc33ebfa5684