Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 014bf18211fff8ff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 21:12:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8ca9c9f9bd0d5db2652eb6ff14ce5a51 SHA-1: 203bf680eaaa0293e331091a079dc7acd45acc2f SHA-256: 014bf18211fff8ff1c5ef2a009468d22280fb4f58a0ad6824eaecae799ea9b28
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable infrastructure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, suggesting the document is designed to lure users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://24hnbc.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/20109729164.pdf
    • http://jnmindia.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/zumanisasalaso.pdf
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346be2e5292---disuwufibidilosedim.pdf
    • https://magicdiscoradio.hu/userfiles/file/wevegeziwefesatoliwuxamov.pdf
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31946102573.pdf
    • https://promobryansk.ru/userfiles/files/zilodosusepemedo.pdf
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136643507fac---36778523961.pdf
    • http://dagmare.de/userfiles/file/jokaborimozadako.pdf
    • http://medicalproduct.hu/images/files/xararagababoxikozulibatol.pdf
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/wemagilolenukalerukod.pdf
    • http://www.pilatesyoga.hr/files/files/kovovemapebukedo.pdf
    • http://amirmazandaranihospital.com/ckeditor/files/files/6086534690.pdf
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gezujoxel.pdf
    • https://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/taxoxoxujosuko.pdf
    • https://moyaexpresss.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rapikerivonilokit.pdf
    • http://mzch.pl/userfiles/file/xovopalajof.pdf
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/kaxagugero.pdf
    • http://hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46618995354.pdf
    • https://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/52615435381.pdf
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613424e962d6e---geluxavavurukuluwukuwa.pdf
    • https://www.moxiclear.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mifudilajixuzasegofop.pdf
    • https://www.passion-rnd.com/upfile/files/2021/09/03/mufekaruporenunijiv.pdf
    • http://www.rafaellucenaehijos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31732480659.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=profit+and+loss+worksheet+for+class+5+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d3ce.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3CE 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebe0.bin
cbe1a587de112076828f6bddb15ddffaafc5f8861e1b3769743166ae116ef7ca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBE0 18576 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ccd.bin
73f3d0a5e539f6abe8913bf01d1a90497e052306e09c1d05d3a00b615b4f224e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CCD 11032 bytes