Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14ca1eebe714898c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-07-21 08:49:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 67f44782254f914bd3c555e5f209e794 SHA-1: 5ca446400adfdfbb7c15f332a4617c1752a1614c SHA-256: 14ca1eebe714898c0462735cb179851c41708bf2fe724535276d0545a58484fa
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, indicating a phishing or trojanized intent. The embedded URLs are designed to lure users to external sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3473

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c878f8ae92a---senefixu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://media-get.ru/userfiles/files/dujosalufonefejodutaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5874de80f3---11511131337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/2232392892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3425ebd171---1503182859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-tes.ru/files/file/28963443947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://packturf.fr/files/67517663638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afdf5d7670a---83692431146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021053002324438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingenermarket.ru/userfiles/mujuxozokipitemowolut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be6e6da392---79797119062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2664592e5f---zujololupugotet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugsinc.in/UserFiles/files/78427003879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oumkua.com/userfiles/file/mimovobewakinima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4cd41e014e---59692076492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/62716575859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7999546ac7f79cbc922fab36d44a06d8/kefok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nodka.eu/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kitotatagunadeweno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aab8aioy.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/sajulanokajinajodizapiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askisan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/marese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9a8fa0c4a---61190518516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightningriskassessment.com/ci/userfiles/files/mulikan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5934aadfc---famidudevedum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=easy+lasagna+with+ricottaPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00011cd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000134ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134ED 10560 bytes
SHA-256: f43b0067bbeac99a2cee37c38988f18234967fd4d985d14ab1d735a7fcf34d18
font_02_sfnt_off00014d05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D05 18704 bytes
SHA-256: ac2c7b5e8338ca2e7ac8d6396d5be219b9bf62f00db1bcdf337c89af1319763a