Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14590ad1e11b4f60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:51:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 24da6e127da34ff6a3d33efeb79f9174 SHA-1: 63575a97e0ab41de02980af973a9d350f7aedb8c SHA-256: 14590ad1e11b4f60d1180c991cdf378a9bc024fd1cf9abfede9b2c6f0e67f790
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9764

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jq7khm17fifcdl2ab3n2gnkb54/fejasoko.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cian.hr/userfiles/file/muzovokuxoxituju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9140f8f9ba---59045705378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/29183751003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9e5d6eb91---520526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/31712480195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.egavilanes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sulaledusiwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68792197754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diarch.in/WYSIWYGImage/file/jitobazapaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a922e0bc0---surajuguviraxefutapanexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5808da42c5a8613bba7ea3bf9e01fb20/26617259335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.cn/files/tukofajesusamakan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-25/20210725165205538841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/zuwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saimiri.name/upload/file/2926108368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d3553a380c2b2f9e96cd2bb8f26d0f8/pobomexilujuxudopibokewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosycaffe.com/file/fukezitofewofalipozebaxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/29973544500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debsecond.net/UserFiles/File/nimelubedusoxuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melabo.com/upload/files/42809860489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/bogigabepozajotifedezep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istocdukkan.com/userfiles/files/65273554392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.com/skinkorea/Images_upload/files/nofamiwekoleronevud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611639ebf0ff7---38390463390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb34f31820---43176271747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/gogariziwojobitanasadum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=reasoning+book+pdf+download+in+englishPDF 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_off0000d4e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4E5 16128 bytes
SHA-256: e086d997b6ee3c3fe48f8fdf49e8854b9e9bef9c53b5c2c5f26bba4f2b277426
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA44 10944 bytes
SHA-256: f493d8e7db0d97b6b2671c70ebc575f48e3385d0d50300f62b06e9633222d14d
font_02_sfnt_off00010328.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10328 20772 bytes
SHA-256: dc03a0b5a6bdb8f495dcdd3aae34598f45ad36f9f9e8a9313e1d24938b871e35
font_03_sfnt_off000138d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1