Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14d3ba4e3d0abf5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 08:34:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c10e72ce819f74c697dc01e5523a5993 SHA-1: 75bdcc50b9de796e05a27644c6f3d84eefcc38b1 SHA-256: 14d3ba4e3d0abf5c6a69c8772a293ed71c5e4b6bc6524f5b81c679222ca8dc6d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics as containing a link farm, with several URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV also strongly indicated maliciousness. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of numerous links to external resources suggests an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

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 https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613235560c13a---vizixorabupizujaluwol.pdf
    • https://worldmedglobal.com/userfiles/files/ludulisufimijanej.pdf
    • http://fulepmark.hu/nyebu/fulepmark/userfiles/file/rogoxaraxozab.pdf
    • http://caffepontoni.com/uploads/file/xakamunajemofojerigutas.pdf
    • https://hagakure.by/upload/editor/files/ligetaredenixem.pdf
    • https://dakhoathienhoa.net/images/files/66403332349.pdf
    • https://branchennachweis.eu/userfiles/file/fonivibugosokupebidupa.pdf
    • http://ketphatthinh.vn/upload/files/17352811092.pdf
    • http://etre-belle.su/images/file/gutelaxowelilop.pdf
    • https://angkaganjil.com/contents/files/fenutabusadoxi.pdf
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613789980bf2a---22398924776.pdf
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/2261406757.pdf
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd557a72d6---govofobuxepewodola.pdf
    • https://jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43020143414.pdf
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59s3kfm57h1mq0lvhhkahqi1a7/85949282797.pdf
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muzepo.pdf
    • http://imobilestore.de/userfiles/file/62821513828.pdf
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613718b53377a---20244675770.pdf
    • http://s13cf5ef.alojamientovirtual.com/ropalaboralbarata.com/userfiles/file/temuwos.pdf
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c17327be8---41005473644.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbbbizu2bxaod.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/gadekelu.pdf
    • http://laibros.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/lamofaguwoketebusosa.pdf
    • https://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210903_075332.pdf
    • http://japhina.com/upload/file/26213521632.pdf
    • https://debo-fit.be/userfiles/file///92984359175.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=haunters+the+art+of+the+scare+full+movie
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e99e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE99E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000101b5.bin
5233605824f9f4d24813c91ac7794985b286e14c127cd62521c1057268f4d205
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101B5 10760 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011a40.bin
d3693f91db9c4497d52077b1958b3a3f00a204567017d2848422a8360adc36ee
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A40 19168 bytes