Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a14b2cd6e5905f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-08-14 13:43:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ad37855b254ad4551f48fd7647e1ce31 SHA-1: e5eee299fce65ee048a849f08c75a6efcf9fd911 SHA-256: 8a14b2cd6e5905f3128fda0a0576a9ba2fa8abf0a5c45dde35afaebb44f29494
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. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate this PDF is a phishing or malware distribution tool.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+run+competency+based+interviews PDF link annotation
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/61482200875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a7f1f392c832258a3258f4149d2501f/jibazawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8515e6145b2dd622a141e4b747be0366/12497065157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8853fc88f97c7288cb5a0f0f34063be/42701355909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riwg.in/userfiles/file/pamopusapow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/liwodalilezofisope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e3edd3defcc3c69204163acb7bfa02a/2516873392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096eb5c5474a---3562632229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sivam.pl/files/file/84161347666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940f0100b09---9877918048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c05f770426---naganenulefafigitig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3425e3f75df682cd861142e4fc61c31/4314771156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca6cfb76f33---riwusuxozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forthepeoplegov.com/userfiles/file/57474531681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/78622261120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a91247d39c7926c31a3cdde24ebfae7/46151739187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/88190636632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/sivetusojavan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/vugisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topcudental.com/img/userfiles/files/43929766177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d8aa9a4c1afd6575e42b81ae0369eb1/dimaviwotunowofoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromaonly1.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/39741326938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs.tom.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siramidoxonodezis.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_off0000f07d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF07D 16300 bytes
SHA-256: ad9763511c173fbba645472294def00c6f834ba0e70edcfebae0d3ab347820b7
font_01_sfnt_off00011a77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A77 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 6501e8fd275c7166cd2d847c0dc8e68f1c4b214ea8502981de22f7796e39ba9a
font_02_sfnt_off00013444.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13444 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1