Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a14544764bddd509…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-14 09:00:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9a9e00f1f95150f4732ce8ff86351b80 SHA-1: f953ddb8fc09fc1cd138dc7e92bceec8046502fa SHA-256: a14544764bddd509b320afb3f64202a48cca01eed082a071c768fb2155a04c26
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. This indicates the file is likely part of a phishing campaign designed to redirect users to malicious websites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://phuongsen.com/img-chamthi/files/nenunira.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c65c1fc10---26164245418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/xesovitipemerinore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/piu26qk0jl93a9angjvjhof3q7/pixuzesovipinunalutejase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itracmediav5.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujanefatolokalowozasamiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb8d9c57243---92199105434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/96072953387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/gurobobujumamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostenpo.jp/userfiles/files/jifopudufewus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2df54b5ef0c92c5763578c91536ef7a6/27796484958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-coeppicus.ch/userfiles/files/zixomenanosuges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a2cd64857---34226244203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/fabonamefuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elegune.net/files/galeria/files/2971114284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d139d04a6acb3d96f329a426dcbfcd8/guxizutatodisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0e6af70ac6---runugatutakibamodiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e2e835fa417c9578b9b434087101ce5/16588596853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1b88a2e24---95414130206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bd1db1112dcc69eefcb1abeb8bcd1c9/piratumuwoduvev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0241407e73---87318840774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stringquartet.biz/web/images/fck/file/29902720608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents//files/98368388063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/290aecb198bd5119144049b5c9f0a080/roxanitolofoximegotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ispartaprefabrik.com/ckfinder/upload/files/96393173939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=best+midsize+suv+2019+with+3rd+row+seatingPDF 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_off0000fce5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCE5 16780 bytes
SHA-256: df5ba53e3d7ce4ef8c060a4466f264b72635e8613f7fc3ba15f3cba770e63d7f
font_01_sfnt_off000128aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128AA 11648 bytes
SHA-256: 7f2e2a569b682896cef14be666bd66e356391529add9da7c4623257d11b8ad31
font_02_sfnt_off0001443a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1443A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1