Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0414b44dd50036a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:32:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4051b696a193ee5c77d6498711b4b78c SHA-1: 857eb3d059929a13b4c7ef9ea7c67a0063ede9c9 SHA-256: e0414b44dd50036aeb97f31e472b78dde4225da26b270e690a4d8757a09918b5
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, likely intended to trick users into downloading a second-stage payload. The presence of external URIs and a link farm suggests an attempt to distribute malware via social engineering.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=communication+between+cultures+9th+edition+pdf+free PDF link annotation
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/soremuturev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40fe31459426bb0240cdafdd7bd73f3a/wixemasiwudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://horlickhigh61.com/clients/a/ab/ab3fb267cc30d45b98f460a20cee0b8d/File/61089008435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709e7864a45---belojokonujanakedibaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingatlantv.tv/userfiles/files/xizoxofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/febubagovonewopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c242556b89---kifaleruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacmacbook.net/userfiles/file/46775479275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camwater.org/media/files/85941131823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaviwulazajipoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/25182802694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d25023b4a202ec93e1ec54c7f6b092e/rurilaviwopebonodel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/rosusevifozararoziwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/titgo8saelhm6vuhv0qbplb1f9/1926932701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/95166218192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiddeefire.com/media/userfiles/files/fukajediperizolati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c67d28415---vesazisasipisufotufanal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/menebivamenefiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vnationwide.com/userfiles/files/90492541005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a93de08313d6b832fc769987dfaa774d/riveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/32026783573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bad323d0be7---50568649636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weorderfood.com/uploads/files/84100209004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ituor.ir/basefile/chartermeinfo/files/32761169594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p1bbm8oc3o4qut1lc1armsqjr5/64802705006.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_off0000c2ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2EC 11412 bytes
SHA-256: a4ea85b4cfd9f5d137c434b45946921a562f066e34e61780c2561eea23a6de95
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD87 18120 bytes
SHA-256: 7be84a45f5028658a81a1d7930ae0b8a40cdc4ad73fe00407e707353904ea8f1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B6A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1