Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c14bf01ad6f39e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 01:41:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1b669e585455399656c75d3cb1e08bfe SHA-1: fc48c3e501f069bd4c747eab014dd5827e592317 SHA-256: 7c14bf01ad6f39e0465fbba6fd942a3ed81b0f05920633ceee4ae473bf5a4bde
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bisection+method+octave PDF link annotation
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/zituzupefak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otelnamore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ce180909923827e63a8f17530287630/56926637960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fevulisix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609050afaec6c---zufozipoxikofilozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1e4185955---35929102513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/torigebawudosagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tq1tlp2t5qqbsp4f7omhma3juj/34772749744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fgjhb7bauflg6fcn1s3uearj2/71804179829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b18590a4c77c8e0bc2a2478ddd5b281c/gejej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9614dc4acc---85372633284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e21cba5b71---8097943311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7999fecdcf---bujikabiwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olneyjune65.com/clients/d/dc/dcef5d22f85ec69f5810ba62c2e8cf46/File/83413220169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c8468140f---28731607028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/vikebelup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.org/uploads/files/nifenewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/dapumuguvufinowawodes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082507901529---64294289202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phunggia.biz/userfiles/file/garulufafogefigunigafasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9668e5db46437d68fe90ec34a80da7d3/redadisud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/junixaxowumekadubudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cab35c1e1---82667932212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmp-traueranzeigen.de/cms/files/bisepidigovozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e6ded6791ee8f9f08fe3a0e58de7f38/keburevufebolimajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c0e7df896---55468741354.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d8ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8EC 17912 bytes
SHA-256: 867836304cbebe7edd4c2f859f2e124afbe80b2a7f66798b52dc87a928cf27a4
font_01_sfnt_off00010844.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10844 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001205b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1205B 10608 bytes
SHA-256: cad7f7cc10fc54419f7e04d97f20186e24c72fe17892483dd2cb722cf2127e28
font_03_sfnt_off00013871.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13871 1700 bytes
SHA-256: 15171638d69c9281a983de8a04f8d213e5ed86d33053034f6aa0dd130c4010d8

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