Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 914e262213a18e46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-10-03 10:41:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: ef3d1194d64bf4d79de6d5a9d6e1dce6 SHA-1: 3097adc9fc16c798ec50cee30374d7e900d27e7a SHA-256: 914e262213a18e462490d3658f03bb8f323ad4a28c74d50283b7c1adbffd0e07
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further exploitation beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://nachhilfeschule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pexuxifada.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.plain-pied.com/editeur/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gogikupexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae336af019be58ebaeae4de6d0034a95/13114923488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tienhasteel.com/app/webroot/upload/files/80419717382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/95985269000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioassociatoemc.com/userfiles/files/zokupobovoleji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62744888238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watosaphotography.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20210909_190313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-09-01-09-56-50-ng5KZkL5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abouelhoulgroup.com/userfiles/files/wabin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615205360bf70---65429818426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longhoang.vn/upload/files/6111382424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnicadovolante.com/images/file/54860864726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--c1adbeke4asdefy.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29323950618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oilmachineydy.com/d/files/83992181617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prctech-th.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69456483114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntiverification.com/userfiles/file/54946679519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetalent.com/upload/files/94662605147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faf88c37d9fdd6ab744a48686f2f1861/gurevigexar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archetipoingegneria.it/userfiles/files/49659745617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://surupaceanu.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/naraja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoron.net/up/files/14606195295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e6s692v3b439090qmqqhfu70/tasajilomekavituxaxujutas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imi.vc/upload/files/xexirivixaluperovel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtjjt.com/2013/upload/article/files/210910214756438288oyy2d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=verb+agreement+with+nonePDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b5fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5FD 18120 bytes
SHA-256: b74b0711b918f05b5b42c26f28e876a139417cd3ceade1284055397c52a71c79
font_01_sfnt_off0000e401.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE401 10536 bytes
SHA-256: f6b77138d95739eddb50b32b6f9bf1253829e6d6a6fb50973439d4677217ecbc
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1