Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14be5aaf34d4521f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-07-21 20:11:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d95522d08c03bf9d436c6622885c0369 SHA-1: fc5151b96f5a9a35b42740b80d5fdf1300fd3b06 SHA-256: 14be5aaf34d4521fd9032f33cabb3d908b2eb41d287c3dbae5153178e5e66255
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, characteristic of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing analysis of its specific content, but the presence of multiple external URIs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly suggest a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbjarvd18h4rsbojc9eeu4jpes/rizijezep.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sshs1962.info/clients/3/33/33dcd814b32da85629335a95ab3d0158/File/65987908661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607081f686ecd---tumovimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebbers-schilderwerken.nl/uploads/files/66924119662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/negosazejamap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takipcisec.com/calisma2/files/uploads/gegepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160892ce03b2d7---56098214101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12v62at1rnch2u7dftjn303l87/mirokabatokavuvovig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioego.cz/userfiles/file/dobinojixiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/86996947146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k29na03gqv0h52bf24khpdipqu/purovovigaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e291e60c1---pipisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a154a12d829---mitugakuwizajodinilore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbc1a644eae2144915336658264d1185/50760454627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db67fc16c26---20389296855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resortcrimea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85541715669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3005534cf1cc6f7e8f80042db1b044e6/19848439951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/redugepaxoxivipime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a4708ade0---pogepapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836caf5a544---sumawuduvige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhigh78.com/clients/2/2d/2ddbae4fb74c169819b3574d76e4e264/File/lokegipal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cb4fe11aeabad2baeac1701f3321eb4/nodanigusenejujixuwuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccab7b5fe2---58712024280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30dda2727600ea0d97ab397232daa9b2/76638351873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=rabbit+with+red+eyesPDF 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_off0000fe00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE00 17700 bytes
SHA-256: a32afd6e29dfb2e008529c68c5eadbe1783fa95f4786c69629cfb2c634a0be75
font_01_sfnt_off00012b65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B65 10460 bytes
SHA-256: b3ab542c21774eeafb6fffa8ac1374dcf360aef8b4e6f9b5ae55c34643309e2f
font_02_sfnt_off00014360.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14360 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1