Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14c165111d50ede0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-17 09:55:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 698a5b57be4fe0925cdf2b1ab3c6a56d SHA-1: 488e5706fe34b34574ffc4918e081d0b4feb7161 SHA-256: 14c165111d50ede07b8f76f485a736a27ab71cfe0b5b6c1f48e63ba7b4350bf6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e722182a4---katiworadijorotebobariw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9fa276487c---80586078730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1961.com/clients/878968/File/pivapejewawikabavev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htk2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37463600524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/13890593744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fee17f29e0f5a1b010ae4ae90472937/40842130712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blindnow.com/userfiles/file/savoriduradobipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miet.hu/kepek/mulezutoxepetogebowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f726de6debecacb49dadc901734f45a4/toxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4da3d4cf3a7a6d01f47c2b84113d2d4/pomenolobemokor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7408098b0---87150990487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northcity.rs/slike/files/dudiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lucky-erotic-massage-bucharest.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mujew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210630080332358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b8098ebac---mawelatodatiboxeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93df2580965890c16da0a2ce518e6a16/zuxamulomutuwus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/dezonufavojamanisida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandhighclassof1962.com/clients/c/c3/c330a44b04b080977bf299ea430a317d/File/bemogawufiwumafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32676169698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2e55fcc8490b3d209f0830798cc309d/lozepunolob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exima.kr/userData/board/file/73397289488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dadesigning.com/daduserfiles/files/livozogaludex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savaksangida.com/resimler/files/mofazabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redfordunion70.com/clients/869360/File/58222525367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aaf47e320f---95066578707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=malaria+drugs+for+babiesPDF 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_off0000fcb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCB8 17496 bytes
SHA-256: c7d330e2aec98f1018e205f7fe07e4a878fa6f9c2bead162ccf8f5dd3e94cd46
font_01_sfnt_off00012aec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AEC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014303.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14303 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 6631dbb8ce8672449c7db088b4df8724b0eb75b226da328e6e5d1542108ffb94