Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adc14316624877f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-08-29 22:51:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0c8f9e15360c05371b0b9a5af34cc7d0 SHA-1: 5a19e524fada0da4ed49bf8571bf0fe35355ee7b SHA-256: adc14316624877f2a9811ddee2ab420945b6d7af7dce56b175fe0344f2276005
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute malicious payloads or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, further supports a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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 https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b70cba024ec7052a8363c972a8df8ed/10616609709.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://udmvdpo.ru/images/files/80861212063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackhorsesc.pl/userfiles/file/18094502113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hansenlight.com/UploadFile/files/wokonus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.benkorner.nl/admin/library/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mavib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eqjhaoemoek8sa29edd4i9o8d5/74864713045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ck9f9fvid2eo12e9cssfjh97c5/43863780613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82154f629173bae188845805540c6406/67467118893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandercdg.com/clients/36029/File/22811541298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/14728366000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://360clothing.in/home/www360cl/public_html/uploads/images/files/60952477620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://candica.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41669212845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/24259778501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/budomumirokoxuwutafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56ce1039b4b578036e02478cbb555597/60018765347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/lekudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611503c8870c5---juwarinixiraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eotp.info/sites/default/files/fck/file/xenegimugasifubij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9bbf2e6f01---fonokubifewuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tareeapartment.com/user_img/files/lisojaxotidapojasagebowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56189baeb229534413c1f2f2da12cfde/gonogofexen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/remowafebekixutumenijosas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a541a5322cda91daf6920ce2e825b894/nizeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.fr/Sites/cds/files/nivisigajatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jkbprivateiti.com/userfiles/file/56822263126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1a12f2e05bb753df6e0af0bf66bf4f1/5537609999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=ac+towing+and+recoveryPDF 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_off0000e5a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDB8 17344 bytes
SHA-256: 58e2b9cd571aeab507b166093cd812709fef7bd4ad8943d2be2176b4f5c67c48
font_02_sfnt_off00012a75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A75 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 8760f8d848a6583f93d5540f9e18cac7284465d91115eefbb52f1ac5327938e6