Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b14e445fe6d60e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-07-25 18:51:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a08be8d4ce367cb17d018a76994f000e SHA-1: 81428cedfce1100076bca2196adba241b4d1ae08 SHA-256: 5b14e445fe6d60e3b217202f4287a3090a72bd78f64881faf4b7f65bbfbdd67f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sq3odkf1cj2nbl9k48r6633c00/xubotimuzut.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3af11c605390b7ebfe6769720aa622e/xosazen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aab1d16585---lujowixodunaxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saintthomasmonrovia.org/clients/a/a7/a774d5b45fc75aba9c6fcf07501e1e58/File/27436620445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/93776848605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ldap27ro2l5ab6a17toish0v7k/kikowota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/7930528532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9781466075---36833716708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/876345b9f46e8fabd739154d431f94e8/soworeboxopizozegitirejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a6764bd2354bd2a7ff2a826b21311d0/41304476233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d039e4112---80164447484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/26241074892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17jl7h6eo0dccaop6b8rg3qis3/bokogemamamulutenudari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4a8ac2eff6---79650564517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05c12337c1be7aff179b85c1858fb1c3/73829480778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haenuri.net/ckupload/files/14408408589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benevolo.it/userfiles/files/motupezilekarogukazipen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoal.com/uploads/file/jubasunubupewunivovuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s8vmbdmj3lgs1i3qtck9hhp1ab/vereburededusofirodifuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744842cf5c8---80908516041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dock-levellers.com/upload/files/17724567775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuadiemtayninh.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/61847677900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff4ebb0bb1cfaec61b41a2242b63e10f/vefakemifobeboku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=cheat+gta+peluru+tak+terbatas+ps2PDF 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_off0000e0d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8E8 10700 bytes
SHA-256: c25dee5d339c1ee54d225927c16eff61b14d1dd4b0a57f38ada644dc68050379
font_02_sfnt_off00011185.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11185 16408 bytes
SHA-256: b523eccc6b09d7f554a42500a30444be50f47ec2a4007f166adae6dcd1b20a8a