Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c14cff1a79508b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

188.7 KB Created: 2021-07-18 01:16:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 02cd8e054a7f9095586f7bedb5f1e9dd SHA-1: e6a60618c543083c5e18dc96723e4c95fe276082 SHA-256: 3c14cff1a79508b01ce2a67f5da1db8745749423a2de8f153aea3d5f6aa297be
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9210

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 https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d2455624c---wugifiwegesesipoduwadud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/9032969499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever-pioneer.com/upload/files/bijorejivufevosat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/kadotafowipogupikupujixak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daglichtfilters.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87135073524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atek-ent.com/upload/file/lozafusazewerodiwavifoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/97408582932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a52282e9f627278872c3f037fa79ebdb/74442358907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huerural.com/uploads/image/files/33661197531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098896e0a1f4---84864966601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2cf07bb184---vigisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d199341cb3513587e2ed672c780ae34/timidavixonivepomiwikixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/35791251217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b88cb71d112---80472952059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibiforstarlight.ca/clients/3/3c/3cfcca4e360ca8807b7dd7d6e7cbeae0/File/pinutemonixerazimamamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hos5dbevd280c8r4hrp155npv3/55996290086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2348e6f254274a54e2f0ae5b3db377b9/50172785501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubkao-kubpla.com/userfiles/files/8296826521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingfrimale.com/userfiles/files/nevawufetisuxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991f75e1ebe---66858409964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/41688351461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7gmpitotl8nv3snj0q4nam5sh5/16025481967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/nodexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/13582214642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceeac14a84c---masoninadunopuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pubgpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/getositabubogowupamefutun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=naruto+all+episodes+english+dubbed+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000275fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x275FB 19248 bytes
SHA-256: 2b310e560f15badc6a7e3384ef8011a8e1bfe2a4daa155ae41b93ac5eb1292c4
font_01_sfnt_off0002a918.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2A918 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 3f5d03d0085fb06b8749f7e9cf5f8a6b899857bf6ab9c4720268d052d5b328e1
font_02_sfnt_off0002c211.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2C211 1876 bytes
SHA-256: 833fcc059b74e15615d1943d5c4a8c071deb3c7b446fb76ed4b605124ce8f8e8
font_03_sfnt_off0002cae0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2CAE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1