Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14083eed020fedd8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-07-31 01:45:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5f0f9cf732749bf4f2c2cbd39c3a5d7a SHA-1: 03f558f49a43f1ab94cd56f1680ee8eb6a3be22e SHA-256: 14083eed020fedd840f9b043e4af4a5f7f357ed2592f43a7a59f9cb2b9c1e1da
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of 'cmdfbr461h8emqvjh2ja9/losalapobusowisiseriz.pdf' and 'http://vente' within the document text, alongside the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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 https://ahl2005.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17943719469.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8699b028ae---44162950872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/ripapejitenepaxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eternalbliss.net/file/15359732257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/tudofavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d6c5baeeb2---tisowapexiseze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96549606264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b86vlfgi8u3uiae01vfoih4bl/32859801957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastmoorclassof1970.com/clients/4/43/4343e427eb1b0a0668350338a4d6b623/File/kezijapegamemimukasepelag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2ed7beba9---mixugim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f8e94975cf---lokixoxegibajulonosuxeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jl3fuivtsddl7kd7ts28dr87i6/81972463564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dsskiodoj90u2i3i69k77vobm1/gazosatabanemajusesika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb5cc31f27---lubifovexewar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masseydogs.com/clients/f/fc/fc2e217ffa4851e49ca3cd921a15cf41/File/wubuxarireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/safonawifonuwusejupibinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763794e81da---vilarivodaritazixibetel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608942c4468af---69249938015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pka2ecmdfbr461h8emqvjh2ja9/losalapobusowisiseriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventensis.lt/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26349730498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c6ac6b87b1265493f451367d600fd06/58175373054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13do00p2a5lsocm3aejkulimi3/sutegenupusekuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=los+7+habitos+de+los+adolescentes+altamente+efectivos+descargar+libro+gratisPDF 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_off0000d858.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD858 17880 bytes
SHA-256: e45a4cf38ca095e531f06130c397761bbfbaa2d01f88f905a564fec4ba4d77e5
font_01_sfnt_off000105d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105D6 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 3797c347a12bdb0172ae8212c5dcd1b8a61686c531d9f43c1596aec747e1fbe1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F80 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1