Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd14f21d91105612…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-22 16:44:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2e2d8a0a83805442e5676f927e075853 SHA-1: b14c1dab5910425f26c548e08e13266ff1f915d8 SHA-256: fd14f21d911056120d2abaf3e74959e535f738e2ff95bf114750e70b0c7a3b62
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. This indicates the PDF is likely a lure to redirect users to malicious content, potentially for phishing or malware delivery. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+proguard+obfuscation+example PDF link annotation
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0d68b45dc00a3b12015af66fc32edcb/3214078932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/21244042370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusbiz.kr/data/editor/file/19268889786133b18d45aef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/588dd63dbce43b12d3e67443e115d50d/81017924866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://missteenqueenuk.com/userfiles/file/54072523044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envirotechindia.net/admin/userfiles/file/sifikes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemingdecal.com/uploads/assets/file/xonulivowunise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagronomoserragiotto.eu/userfiles/files/fevuxipurojakigul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34d60855a2c5cc4adb1ba38e4cc4f270/11772617789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etyekilovarda.hu/userfiles/file/bafogixedasulato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bndweb.nl/upload/files/49088071258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d0448a4d1ff1d38206d6fd71b6d6dec/41482270094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubmaniacr.com/campannas/file/12502115866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkfew.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gizakixoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoraxaborugis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-orlandini.com/userfiles/files/bosibudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gasasosong.com/upload/fckeditor/file/jisiwuxozojomefuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamayphotocopy.net/userfiles/file/pofusawamipokanafotab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/tuviratokijamexizujopuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z500.si/files/81638672900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreuma.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gonaworekopujorasike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/76020942965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xusodutin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fireprovietnam.net/luutru/files/jofitojibupafot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krishikhabar.net/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/litapevejosididajut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoanggiaphatstone.com/upload/files/3312800387.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_off0000db39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f350.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF350 11284 bytes
SHA-256: 8303c3f013c8b5e61a4c6fdf989065b5db56a90f47f9c7d37608e902ab77cedf
font_02_sfnt_off00010d70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D70 17488 bytes
SHA-256: a2b80a9cdb05642fc9f728646605101eb9f5ce5cdb642c1c272b01db6e83ff38