Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ac14d2d7af80c3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-06 19:26:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1e7a5dda7a714f6b6fc624332331d5a3 SHA-1: 0abcdd2f3ba997dcc3048b64580af4f20510ce67 SHA-256: 4ac14d2d7af80c3bd023710f097b230ebd633a3d497c82a4ccb122d1af312582
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics indicates an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://gourmethousemacau.com/UploadFilesfile///kefulibakuganuvet.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ladangmimpi2.com/contents//files/6527237161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70b16d162cf1b3b4ad14c8ede47b0f60/wexogumogipujulix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/49787878242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoshitorionline.com/uploads/files/fetevaxozifujarakixuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa52e2bc06b---74717900036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210624015046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p07vlis8js3sg9r6f45pjapcj0/jisojuniwidetuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609feffed04cc---wikosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b70f2635b24502b5a78256cda267f82e/75852912830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210618110025_2127345233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a49c272bb6ab13d415200a15674fc8b/26886023016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fa331f8c6bb7331187058ebfe8470b9/jukimoroteja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8oifmgikvp2dovu0m3v6rc0ov7/fopivadomekeduxiwalegew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/mesojemisumafozodonik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf22ce97ad2---95261580946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daacd7a75197b8fc2b46d7c638342b87/97421309112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8a4d4f317---37461270213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t9qm2jfh3dktv1p11rq10h0qjf/sowidotafarodajitobeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b4h774ieeda4lfnm7g1052sr7/lovufiwofesiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e321075710---selelunajevogusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b1bb89238---86930404371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpspcb.com/uploads/files/87517332811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/sogaxoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d42ae4be0b7---ribokavifobozoramomisezak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b42aece4345---wawaxomuxugomifigakivutef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=the+house+on+the+hill+by+elizabeth+laird+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_off0000f86e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF86E 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 01a983c4f1603c2b59bc81bf0dafa05b7763f480c86d84e9f52d5036812be425
font_01_sfnt_off000111ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111AC 17348 bytes
SHA-256: 0dc6bfa024ee5c51fde270e23130459816edbe01f852d44840aa44e637c88d7c
font_02_sfnt_off00013f0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F0A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1