Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14324b7c3308b424…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-07-30 01:21:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: b078462241e03342ff5720695129cf20 SHA-1: 7e7036e2d46d88b4b04d7c5dba74bbd9686d209c SHA-256: 14324b7c3308b4243d4fac5b2e75cbd7ba5e5edf8e2fa546943a93fa28dfcb9b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with attempts to exploit user trust and download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ejercicios+resueltos+matem%C3%A1ticas+2+bachillerato+pdf+anaya PDF link annotation
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9719749f4c---53543513201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/87194500352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannails.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/94634651671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ace2ba71a2---83536448586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcde.kr/userfiles/file/lunurajininulaboledaraku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/reronevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belhavenhighschoolalumni.com/clients/13962/File/zipujet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangiyaparishadtoronto.ca/bpt/editor/uploadfiles/23283455744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/4236716512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098468a761e8---xivuvizugab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c68575cfdfe---sowavuvusal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adium.ru/userfiles/file/wepalejuwunutazibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606df1db9f331---xumisitokori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737a04506ba---sidugidirodomivumalezig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangdinhphucat.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/91017413952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wineart.online/userfiles/file/83265931629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5dbf1aa5f---gufejimanuvazolivijexovox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a21bb22afb---livokezozilonoziwevagem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqlc32971grh761uf971m1rk71/navoruramotop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blugarden.eu/file/jupobenesuzajizuwitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d150701122---76639252322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60141304114.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_off0000d7e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7E8 11652 bytes
SHA-256: 404c49bf4c9108de8ab114469196e583d1971d94cfa02e6ca9ceec9109ebf958
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D9 17828 bytes
SHA-256: 6e3abdbfc5e2b1775c257f67c6c485d0b01be498d73caa238223581c19b78152
font_02_sfnt_off00012011.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12011 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1