Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14e5d26daf459821…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:16:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 591fa2a431efb49b75aaf3b11fdff629 SHA-1: 86bdc96020e30d16f01d334c6f86c6b5c05da5bc SHA-256: 14e5d26daf4598211a7c04852e6fcc45ca03ea9b5ef9efb88f1243b988f0ba08
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites, indicating a link farm strategy. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links and disposable hosting further supports a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuzago.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/vaxurabaganakokegonulox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biolabsrl.org/userfiles/files/dujebitigewujus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/zotazagox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/gosorurodosoviko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/bowoxalafanedobunulavem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3368e4e4d9---91613418575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdb9266959d84df3d8565ebc27d951d0/zabojowinadapizirozulef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleangroupbd.com/ck/upload/files/numaserodiwokasifiwana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrapanel-alegjobbfutes.hu/userfiles/file/26981353157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/36849951859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasdeu.md/data/userfiles/files/vubiroxusopam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sneedfamilyct.com/clients/44919/File/ladunibenaguzosuwof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymsoft.us/aym_image/files/2984798857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-market.ru/sadm_files/kopobumakugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gw73patriots.com/clients/1/1e/1ed986c9d410becccfd9995a8318e329/File/bugorodeval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6238779471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dcfcd5727b27e44320b57466648ed8c/ketemuvufev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dejavuruse.com/userfiles/file/gusotumuwiravafotebupada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/pupanizot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bf1eceef90099de4f9814e78f4cf857/73830848226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160891789337ac---16881243364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schilderlesvakantie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97364166548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c243815a8a45f5b0392120fb53cf89c1/pidifapon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=gmat+math+questions+and+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0000eb2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB2C 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 4c3f35ae5274da104ea419e9546c80310a8928fb0b55fca1dad8111c336ac049
font_01_sfnt_off000104bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104BC 17872 bytes
SHA-256: c24b310bb1f6e05d726200bed7677895e249236fda10f6cc2a7af7e6a8fc7d11
font_02_sfnt_off0001336e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1336E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1