Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14256efd3c137b09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

193.5 KB Created: 2021-08-16 11:34:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a8a37ad7c950b224dd8e52e1f0249dc1 SHA-1: ad80c575271a7ca3cb388a0bc607e16762974553 SHA-256: 14256efd3c137b091a7c89c785fc83a32653e13c8d381c9bdfc5bc8bad7c4f92
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with spearphishing attachments.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9510

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/68500961806.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096076ad9eef---5999014159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0e87e8c042---48448156816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/kisobofizofikamolabiloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8f01717fd---birekamigokugeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4829296e9a---zejuxusevusakukot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vagtteam.com/userfiles/Files/rilanakuxamonexakatekaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fe6c7jjp6age8uqs712mq4r6c/falawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukorbetegshop.hu/files/25286367400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/65313236694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visualmotion.nl/uploads/file/nofapakurinegowujov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/61496436796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/fudelonor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd63c5dccd---lanegijedoledipetul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7726138d7d---dukowuzuret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072abba2cb8e---lajebuzuwonasogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/93136278844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/87300901047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af58ab7ef6---majegaweweruxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0c07ca9869fbf593c252b8313b9467f/40258805121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160898b0aebaa5---222763880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa685481389---buwelotul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eadbf6e77c---575704670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taitung-house.com/CKEdit/upload/files/rikajoturukegakagevoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+geld+generator+xbox+one+offlinePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00027d2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x27D2D 20068 bytes
SHA-256: ce9eb8e36589a40c02d376e227ddb25667cfa33461c9341bb1e127101199d1b2
font_01_sfnt_off0002afde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2AFDE 16236 bytes
SHA-256: 9f9c9255c0426c77c5b13ef22f4242f4f7095bfd8ba808a20cf1712cd58ffb40
font_02_sfnt_off0002c578.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2C578 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0002dd8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2DD8F 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 69713297e87eb4c346816ba95e2909e91fed3dba6782aaf2cb93dcf54194c71b