Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14479edf3a35bfc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:56:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 99f3fdc4dca4cf3bedda07eb470ad75d SHA-1: 3d306763bb5001d86854d5f1b40496ac4b8a4d06 SHA-256: 14479edf3a35bfc238e6b9e8604d47219e004bd3bf7fb3a84bbb5bff0bf8da7d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF structure itself is also flagged for suspicious object definitions, further supporting its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

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://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609feca0b9d85---nulol.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://qiuyutv.com/userfiles/files/20210624055717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aap0abfiql8h.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85046337338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d56d83082---37837973265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2982b76bed---19394465571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mspchicagolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/delikanajub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5b9de067ac---25569705444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612554b925d49---67436588234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betentour.com/sites/default/files/file/depezinukap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobisteelegypt.net/userfiles/file/6712588526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/83274453293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.letspassdriving.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37n3inh9l14pvfq6blqd9hob1o/30986664719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valaisconsulting.ch/file/nevaremikenizimopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nelly-design.ru/upload/files/tutefigoberuliramiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epodhajska.eu/UserFiles/File/17221005104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/823dc4650dfa7ce7edf4aa301706a8de/93543414440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9199561350---nosofuxogutugozise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.info/contents/files/zaxafefakidufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rijarozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/libosaxuvesasovubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpinedelhi.com/userfiles/files/vabixuzosorodadunebogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d705a55556b---5872465850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52811c6cf61a3b7ac51a2a11f10b4c0e/81952562180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/betikewodikuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/4155593273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/85152929758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=pediatric+hypertension+guidelines+2017+pdfPDF 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_off0000bded.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDED 15000 bytes
SHA-256: 35d5a9ad1602d4039d1643b0dee6ffbbffad77e8c0f4be63e68c7fc084147304
font_01_sfnt_off0000e421.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE421 11460 bytes
SHA-256: 62c6e570b45802553800ebbf846bd82e0820baa675abd1e5e7158fb7ca656a67
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1