Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 314bbde129edc203…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-27 12:43:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c94ec151b14510fb61aef1901a48e42b SHA-1: 195f5a4f09b724d77b61a566ba0eb0f28dc435d8 SHA-256: 314bbde129edc20320f52960d1dc322fb1b0d80a67e9e2c22891da2725b6dd9b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the primary attack vector is the malicious redirection via embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://agriturismolescuderie.eu/userfiles/files/19057142546.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup2.com/contents//files/pikagekipirugojisida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6532f1860c---rululejogusuwus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/9927675744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754c6a8e85c---sigoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ultt6rc6d9rafj6r13c4vgfbu3/87837509176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08ccac0dd1f1a7e3aaa77945c78cd72f/warekomakubivipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioterapiazabiegi.pl/obrazy/file/rabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3828b7a0ad5dadb21d9699956638f61/vudowodimavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenteriyaki.com/uploads/files/65707439120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86817985060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4df0631cff---zitufasokopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/wupunedirarugipamurad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc80dc83ce---jokewivivilet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1c0ab3b07---jaxoras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b38a2840731---dazonosikebasaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acbe483f90---71423799667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/22485950246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eec0e5f6fa20447af49635b2a8155811/risovudamamexiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d556f48037---bomojemelitilaterudukavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruishikaishi.com/upload/content/files/2021/07/20210723042955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccc9734556b---43467564912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d0ebd8bf0---45880952853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=spin+the+lucky+wheel+quiz+answers+spring+editionPDF 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_off0000fb88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB88 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 25edec9e79b92af2ad8d9deb91699e5845882c904e0bbdaa67904c3fe3f8e5fe
font_01_sfnt_off000128a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128A6 11464 bytes
SHA-256: 13d59e3f59b66f169536765715ba6fa6dea8b025dfa8fcf4608401b440a2a6f7
font_02_sfnt_off0001434e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1434E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1