Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee614479a76a3db0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-08-03 10:48:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1221e798dea2bd01ab3c3d1ab5bc19a8 SHA-1: 336e47e6e434889ca398ed9d3096f5d756ae1604 SHA-256: ee614479a76a3db0a345f2caf17f81b66d0e3858ef06eb9bcb589c16554c48ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of URLs, many of which point to compromised web servers or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is a phishing or malware delivery vehicle, likely exploiting a vulnerability to execute code or redirect the user to a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://wonikqnc.com/upload/editor/file/1623747258.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1agcmh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biguvokivifoniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40822833811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolasinprevoz.rs/slike/files/kotinedalagofov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02f9245c20318699e1bfad66b611d820/66118798172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicompk.com/survey/userfiles/files/72876550453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb18bb504be---taribulaxabezotafobuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/65281118203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istanbulballoons.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39157385479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d871c812cdda1b30d689ac0b7c125d71/15661024558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5g861ch5tdidlkekpuedheghh3/97674091114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3da96881f05766ea9374391d9ac73dcb/tuvovobaduxulok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9109e7ed9b4b660d442ee5151ddfebdf/pagawimesajomiriwazanilel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210527140326380737csb0cd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ns3h49is21n0g21njghbqj28s7/39129630230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f70740ffb69ade1f427f4328db0dc288/4169619448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ughjl294seh2jofb7lorfiqs6m/63035509590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839b041fc29---59964331444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91f9784f1497166c113580e05c9d9df2/wenegafakelabuzanotamefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----ctbguteehkho5h.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zevifod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90b376be1b078577a4ab22e836fe490b/biteleredarosukogafefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buzmakov-ua.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jodepipajiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyiat.com/html_upload/file/jopiputuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqbei4g22go187hhu06dn73ka6/17664909459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=bodybuilding+program+for+mass+pdfPDF 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_off0000fbcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBCF 17156 bytes
SHA-256: e2708571173b880990795388a40c939745f81b47997b5b544d732c3330060091
font_01_sfnt_off0001289f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1289F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000140b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140B6 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 7888849b5099ed8d7f3cfc3eabfc7df9a109f52b26349649cfed1bc816455314