Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14c079147921b2d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:12:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f21aa92129571676ec1e54680762ea5f SHA-1: 7b320b372ec929e77cf4a35b6fba0498c499d878 SHA-256: 14c079147921b2d771265d9fce76ecd979031b68b5f281370b50d68eb6a259c7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains a link farm pointing to various URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malware. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a deliberate effort to obscure the final payload destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://irrisyst.eu/files/file/duferijeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://njuhome.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vavirikasonebenebutaxape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinegroup.ru/img/outer/files/91257607016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gio8j28cgok5j6tojkkcs0gfco/xukonemejodivetal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/402ef51ee4f8f407160ff52954f3d3f8/beruzatuvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa948868d3---dudedeboxowikufapawamozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/11958233314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markmont.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/72120975668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083fe570457b---57603360001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twinslock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/futenejasenorifon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.eu/gymostrov/userfiles/file/46480371779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/33664088953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobardinisrl.com/userfiles/files/fexinesexujetulubojetep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e82a8c495---bakipuxodurokibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qataminational.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/53148038154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabil-doukali.com/userfiles/file/91020217109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607893f799f49---dazijaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70988061679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/mixuteduremamofededowali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/42860983727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwiatmetal.pl/userfiles/file/73454394063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+research+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000d9d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9D5 18188 bytes
SHA-256: 07fef101834c2dd21da7f13ff9ad30078314c7cf5eed23a853f487ce411ad042
font_01_sfnt_off000108b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B7 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 4de7de83de1b9c5a20a88f93cd7a95fd5e0883487da4a76a5cf151fd6d623cbd
font_02_sfnt_off000121cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1