Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 814c86e401adddd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-10-11 23:22:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c73dd28e5692ee6032790d54c25848d3 SHA-1: dcbec766b6aa0087ea3d34ff634c45c664964e6d SHA-256: 814c86e401adddd0f7490836bbfe450deeff3fa4048574fb31d8f11052fe2398
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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://webrekruit.com/php_codes/Scott/VieauAssociates/code/userfiles/file/xewagototat.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://instit.ac/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52196675430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce82fcfc3ccfad94175dc8cf687a6742/42738664484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eol.org.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27373962412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redfortfireworks.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kijatukufopojotikera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-itos.net/admin/userfile/image/file/45796651877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giriconsultancy.com/content_files/files/wetov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://borneneskontor-landsforening.dk/userfiles/file/kuberisuniteseniwukudeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/suxubopixowakaxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubablimel.pl/Image/files/pelatodezuxasox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/9636921275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aluminiosarla.com/userfiles_arla/files/9654084415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myclubowners.com/userfiles/files/87227638659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shop-cartuning.com/userfiles/file/42777886655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f2c443c01---95597392714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pickup-ws.com/userfiles/files/puzor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-castiglioni.com/userfiles/files/30998369252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapalishakti.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xozurejabipowiromadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrpressconsulting.com/UserFiles/file/bojunobomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m3hotels.com/userfiles/file/9848296115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efedae4c19cd1a9106fd91f203c73caf/58760302271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharks-cz.cz/images/file/nixipanawadamowefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pavipagigawomopiwese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.it/upload/94190851213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/HKUGBsJGI0E/uplcv?utm_term=156+as+a+product+of+prime+factorsPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e2c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fadd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFADD 10988 bytes
SHA-256: b5353690e91c10ea521dc8ccf02f86d770a9c84a8e10a68af8dd63e5826ce13c
font_02_sfnt_off0001147f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1147F 20444 bytes
SHA-256: c7b270a425ccbaa177c2aa96e9f6a09615b35d254c574f210ab000ec1cc21f53
font_03_sfnt_off00014a83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A83 16180 bytes
SHA-256: c0217721a1102ad1f8a8ff5461faadb02f26a3634bfe128d67f68b25b112ee8f

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