Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14a0a33081680b68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-08-31 08:00:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: cdd6984324597134316aa71067438f3c SHA-1: 1f8e7b6a62b713bcd928c0683c7be663145eea6f SHA-256: 14a0a33081680b68cb61bb8c4a523ac8c8289039371f59838f46f507aea3a43a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious link farm designed to lure users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+bring+fruit+on+a+plane PDF link annotation
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9vdtobt22hdqit8ki6tqdf8l6/tutebevakuzedotugabufuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f0c357925---72316466580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/zaveporuvopozirorukev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/60972886654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cka-shiba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30583570536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerel.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/75964822746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/28813316277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161066e9c4c0ff---zozirebiferuluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/58549097257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e82c1a1ed---66153825573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldcpc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuxutorozajole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keacg.com/upload/files/sirugugose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rungrawin-itt.com/userfiles/files/82573544756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de01846c288---tusajonofopesomegexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o40eb2batnr1c0vjhte9oackn1/700197254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f5681af38---fevunotifujul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massiimo.com/piceditor/file/51508373084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maivietnamesecotati.com/uploads/files/fazasugomaluropejerimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/15419801759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04b9de1b49ad6b9412b0f61909d7fa38/zijebidolejarol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/sojolupoxatiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827d594ac40---82822478797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/65412255160.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_off0000f48d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48D 18444 bytes
SHA-256: 5ccff343f5607889b0f72723cf3ead89ed8f25537423f00e92eae9df4aee99d5
font_01_sfnt_off000124df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124DF 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 95de4ff5d1c270c0782f9381eeab1536b0d9130a37c8c70d6447f6b69a899863
font_02_sfnt_off00013d90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1