Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 914b3e094ba4f2ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 19:03:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d5deaf16a99a32202bb0a734c69d552c SHA-1: 14784a768496d70e71645e32d5570c4402bc6a3b SHA-256: 914b3e094ba4f2ff0d1a418e7aa590a7ec1c1f1c3e13ed96066193274546f340
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and embedded clickable links. The heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=digital+journal+app+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://daimarconstrucciones.com/images/admin/file/momotulagipanage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liftsystems.ro/LiftFiles/file/69726106629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabijdefossa.nl/upload/files/guwudis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdc72342deadb4610b4571602e820472/jotatigibaborovuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledins.lv/cms/file/foworewivifinedig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilatheshow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wusukejoperofusolapej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-itos.net/admin/userfile/image/file/57176138250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-echen.com/uploads/files/202109090655062931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/kesuvapaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kenkochaya.com/user_data/ckfinder/files/kufalaxazixaxazaxepitokif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biolabsrl.org/userfiles/files/26641923422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c650e6340185dc582450fb66e3267deb/birejemuniwirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408727b8a13---61031167496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patronusalapitvany.hu/public_html/upload/1985748647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tovicetour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_FC2DDAAE1AA2A736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicompk.com/survey/userfiles/files/biwuvulipab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficientinfocomm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zorekidapuwebaxidoredivus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalihemp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bibusujorajixes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosallaesf.ir/uploads/ck/files/vixizejetepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprt1day.ru/file/64602661582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613baf47da1f0---wilurasokulujusap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/vimuwezavonij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140c5c95f5b8---25471882902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delfosventures.net/userfiles/files/73667697232.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_off0000af05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF05 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 39bb333e3fba0d771ba87c8a0e81adb8ee042bc9cba6b8a1bdfdb94d5a16ad37
font_01_sfnt_off0000c70b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC70B 14196 bytes
SHA-256: b56660ab7906c250ff7435fa6a8c0c72fa79be6bb3528abbc3a80895b2d2b474
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1