Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a14ff9e3ab866a29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.4 KB Created: 2021-08-10 01:31:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 79265495360c3f3fd11b599970096e7c SHA-1: f646cf4b393606f00134b07cc6a4f19908d61133 SHA-256: a14ff9e3ab866a2921721f445976f14b0350b07cc942df91d1c95da7a812e0ef
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also hosts numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

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://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8845463922.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bsdr2maaroimst01kfbe6mog27/24928199832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentistturkey.com/image/files/40127117533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/jalomomibeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cheesykeju.com/contents//files/wixutotutuwonubunisaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/koxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apisicul.com/userfiles/files/gisuvigelawaxinaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ba6867d2b---95253512416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ca4914911---8410714076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/26235168172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c8ab404aa63a9f2a1bf8e8900e07989/14314894280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/92937763426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/velewodexifukugerukafobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839d22b1d34---34646606761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwjefferson.com/uploads/files/25572479936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baggiez.net/userfiles/file/7182598186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dralituncer.net/userfiles/file/zerax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-10/20210810012114373520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/guxukufovatokidenimij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/389235464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160891627a50af---85914801672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/94866803998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcolley.com/uploads/files/wanesuborimopabesapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/7149879740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40a355c7e31f5bdb9b7bc56f6090659a/fapumakefalimozasokajufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moawin.org/editorfiles/userfiles/files/5498789410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+gesell%27s+maturation+theoryPDF 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_off00013271.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13271 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 6faef16e26dd5e2bf1e29c690bc9e3e43e94d14cf42c77c1894cd42f8e6b0440
font_01_sfnt_off000161bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x161BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000179d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x179D3 10796 bytes
SHA-256: de18019fb31692d209c7449559c1dd3c7e5d699b564e3c29166ce372ab1b8576