Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14d022eb2d4abddb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:49:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 163eee24aa0f58c87d50521952831d73 SHA-1: c9fa951adba55158c579e6cae8b6db189d87d6e5 SHA-256: 14d022eb2d4abddb703c50d743d5b6fe3d35a3498409f8cdaf19634dc5b619ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'download button' heuristic further support the attack pattern of luring users to download a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://bonsite.nl/phpcmsys/file/35824992586.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.com/images/file/radiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuthanhdat.vn/Images_upload/files/92220885849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baloneacessorios.com/_upload/file///dumediworigeropiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/93250607649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1651acdb6---50047798711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-biyoute.com/d/files/tikunilamutilenanigozolow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/30996970359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skatrip.com/basefile/skatripcom/files/27486734354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db1d3be2a5---nerewonofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siangyun.com/upfiles/editor/files/70260354600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhfangyuan.com/uploadfiles/files/fufodorakesuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canoeing.by/pics/files/69435941176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb5530e41a8---336171902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myappartement.de/web/editor/files/vidisurolomusikejumet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d1996e354---78475880308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muslimofwestbengal.com/mwb/editor_upload/files/xitagupowuxaxufakexafax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/losededubopunodafavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef25b4e7ad---puwizoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/72000249472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8d5305369---56883245190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/litexugivudegebunipojib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobh.net/userfiles/files/tedimotefabiziwutabodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvet-trefontane.eu/userfiles/files/rozulifumedurifabal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7ubbu9i0k4850elievmalj8lj/naninidezela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b3ca8ddcf43e148b3803c2f4bee0229/22496992016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=android+pdf+reader+redditPDF 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_off0000f492.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF492 10256 bytes
SHA-256: c6891cb6e66094e59c76abdff6a1fc27daed4e9977cc6864f521d553f35a1186
font_01_sfnt_off00010bb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BB7 18276 bytes
SHA-256: f5c8b5fb8339ba733a7bffe17579dbda84312da7f541e8c2356b855cd21eb63e
font_02_sfnt_off00013b79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1