Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ea14f8e256d7025…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:51:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 774c0d40a263e7b7dfd56230f8e23039 SHA-1: 622f1550144d0e3b575f7230c07fd2acad9659b7 SHA-256: 8ea14f8e256d7025e16f51c3b47787d5fedc58241bec95e18d85f2bda5705030
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=past+and+present+tense+worksheets+for+grade+2 PDF link annotation
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/lagojedonokamuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandhighclassof1962.com/clients/c/c3/c330a44b04b080977bf299ea430a317d/File/dajowinuvevisefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c920ce2ae7632f01df47aee371c1efc3/25222512115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/pozuroduzokozodepugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrashed-alsaleh.com/userfiles/files/zefakubulimefufome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dosesojimiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushimenifee.com/uploads/files/24490498189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artsar.pl/userfiles/file/fezedomazunejel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoannalisatinelli.it/userfiles/files/95870242619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/rixivanonurefug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/pepijasotegizuduvorizaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.com/upload/files/69724765690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fddc4da8222---lugax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/76169056756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/bekevulusijosilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marsanz.pl/uploads/fck/file/20310554137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26d84d0d501a2f1beed9fde4950eb607/jubojokarinisuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc4c366d051---67733856260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpoolandsauna.com/user_img/files/rilanabakupiwexarelodav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021062221190573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d246b0fa4f---lekopitevobogewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.com/userfiles/file/20210815155436_1861125220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de62f15bd8---jesituv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jenan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99328603232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711f1c0d7e3---97383215564.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_off0000d666.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD666 10940 bytes
SHA-256: dd5098be3cd5be00d7c8883b3dfde4e3489c8768669fc2daa3769962ac435d12
font_01_sfnt_off0000efa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFA4 18256 bytes
SHA-256: c62943836bd177542c4807bed680016d554c06d70df7881f2b76653492ba558f
font_02_sfnt_off00011e65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1