Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14b3a74f6c371db3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:47:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 34b340bf4497b6ad40564c378e8a26af SHA-1: 1c6b2b8fa69c2c009b3a5a5890c4a2765ed65614 SHA-256: 14b3a74f6c371db36e756e6767e1297ab0691d86cfc33f329b16d7acb575309d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous compromised websites and disposable hosting domains, likely to distribute further malware or conduct phishing attacks. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=casio+g+shock+aviator+watch+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://sealskinz.ru/files/file/ferezel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpstart.mobi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zekugunibefusekasubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8df8ca764---53640399782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nieruchomosci-swidnica.pl/userfiles/file/67098364204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujiya-burbank.com/uploads/files/99075388904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/etaqfirjkucm3t4sjpuo16uag0/66770944391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c303eab28---jikefevowemefotikamur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top1np.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaronudurege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1959.com/clients/a/a7/a7a82b2a6025f7fafce5d77be70bf845/File/xupuvanipufukuvox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idea-web.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/rowud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/96920597040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkofagesvt.org/clients/0/0e/0e42319052772b195a43ba3ede0f03e0/File/wofakijilubasuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubablimel.pl/Image/files/80044156167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xaydungdonggia.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/masogodetobamuwuloradid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itexpertdog.com/upload/files/60597204284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104b5b605567---kezejaxifokobobemologar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0cb5035789---wiwixafazibefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984b57a1c6c---60184777466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shipagents.nl/uploadfiles/file/xuwowusewumujel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54pq76tnsg0uhq0thlgg63iqha/69398396068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae2efb1c83---zozaretefaziwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifeisartfoundation.org/sites/default/files/images/userfiles/file/kifulogaruvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sp-pir.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12381a642f023b1d16628b1c56618268/guvawitakolelasidenoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/lewifipibivenawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82a1019aa51000a40436b7099bb77328/vedibikopukezufi.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_off0000c2e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2E9 16852 bytes
SHA-256: 7ef285f5836fe21583f396b1d2035dc35e0bf3b0dcd2936e3097faf15d46e917
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001068f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1068F 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 0fb5b00e233658c713094cb2539102f54517c34d8bb4764a95b60965680b0204