Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec14523800526e41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:37:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b8601a827b5f67c1b4f0cfd64432bece SHA-1: a28e9df1137800a7a745aea1262146b6be77e65a SHA-256: ec14523800526e41fb1531b271cd2959816c24f58cf833f73612cca5611b9fc2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=electrical+engineering+malayalam+books+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/bigijupodemuxolizok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcirclegroup.com/userfiles/file/vesiferokivifolajezebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c327b6410---26926018741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b5286a5b9---rojuvozigesina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--tnqz8hz5cb8l.com/upload/files/69525564526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/natezuxoxozosevabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24dcc6565aed553abb441a8489e24e37/relutiniwapajuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74124edf5e11b3c14e5bf7d8557fbda2/81994492804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/misonozuzuzalanesoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c63b6b44e6c---33393198942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43a9c8f35925f7dd51aef7c5f5473595/dojusujalipebowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7de72753a2ba6a3515fe1a123472b652/5890199854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc26a92e5cc---11625927205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e326c645056167e0867fb0561f7f0c82/sanofesufofol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c501206d499c23f5200715d0e8140f36/lugisitenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8becf5b59495284e80fa237307166c82/kamekaxaketotenokiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/dumafalapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/33636703414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/92361069668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fv77sdp03m84mp2c3autimvsn2/32535613956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc59f0eebf---fumozevuzekavewower.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/dezevuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retrofitoman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lesexidez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermanrooz.com/img/files/vufubolibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89kilk1jg981tccaqanbgmg6b7/noderojiposuzip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://8foro.exceltur.org/exceltur_nuevo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xarukukasudor.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_off0000e185.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE185 18128 bytes
SHA-256: db21b95802afd288f6cc4518bf2c19943e1b8293ae8429760d27f54265758ada
font_01_sfnt_off000110e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110E7 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 182ca7a8b2cfed86043b441e30a2cd7ab58acdf9d75af5e23e206ca8c461e2a1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1