Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 114449b835b41c02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-08 04:06:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 2839844d362281a5c80e59de3e065e85 SHA-1: d4d1c9829aed521a169592771a3535c332296ae9 SHA-256: 114449b835b41c02616a219c3e734bd1c22c59d91c5d2751e521420decfdb7ab
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which host further PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malware or lead users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure or initial stage for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cor3d8v9qp53e6ff8ndbp1hrq3/6680037887.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e57ec8bce---nelitedasem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liavanhaeringen.nl/userfiles/files/18330994658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c76c1270d7d5a8449334ffc06342af29/mefetazufafowukajaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilatoryzlin.cz/images/file/31735412821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccf1eb02e9---mejibedulipaminademewodom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d6b01b922---62485559303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8a98f01c6---50832104211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmvvl2n58hltopug1f3mfegl91/dotevuxememisuxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a407c798ea6---dadujafojakixasezizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://licorne-hotel-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/1058234797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a21cf6f941ced9f802e7a78f545f217/66784278130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e20ceea6258c52e228b278b75404f0d/maxidabofoviwajovif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/dipunevokamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5bbec5dae7659414f8e85fd0ce03306/sixoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uf5hukai7vo9hfu0a6rj3aju71/99127642634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/moekki64saoupajasc0bh4u9b0/82143073128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e226bab0a60---19936614257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a164267fb9c---71835870676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c56e191698b163b4b4762f2fc691dd26/96243621612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congnghethucpham24h.com/upload/files/gaxunawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/86185385511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nensi.si/upload/file/75507805002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=crossing+over+mastering+biologyPDF 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_off0000fdd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDD4 17268 bytes
SHA-256: dd3c7a4f91a1bdb620121ee456fa28b72917b8c13a4d1f34cb5bf3538f1d47bc
font_01_sfnt_off00012b24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B24 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 85d863138f07c7adbc97e7e2ece99fd46bf500d903e977bebe8c2745c2da69eb
font_02_sfnt_off00014417.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14417 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1