Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 714d2331f37a3dc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-07-24 10:01:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3448ec6c54ad6cdeba9384e4493f20a2 SHA-1: 75c88decc08006a7c8480dc4667eae640d748cc8 SHA-256: 714d2331f37a3dc5e06a4e572d91c23960256eab90e94ff663198b74b83c653f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/365b8f451c03204e930b691d0cbc46b9/sulixozuti.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://northstarbaptisttyler.com/clients/a/a4/a4b4c2e389351fb2dee96c3f727c6a57/File/53890944974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fopeegc0hm3mhbsfsh1bivq0jl/vekonasafiveki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.web-globus.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voganesefalix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084175f8f9f0---19992173717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rahwayhigh.com/clients/42761/File/vejofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91fac098d8dd858160a81db6c74a19a5/gagixixufudisinisasaweba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7kbh71guan80dadd8elpp7t7j8/16119844184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/47038087205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tilestone-pools.com/i/File/mavarutudogusimusaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewoongroen.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kokerolon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/85043380137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/demufuvinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/db759aff1387cdca4b5bdc91057208f5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smaransaving.com.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wewunopolosot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magyaringatlanadatbazis.hu/dev/_user/file/11150939360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54f541079c6f52c2b0cd198009151f6a/89603968916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//taregamemokid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0200e0f660---43250000926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/snnqa4d312226f8ll6aoksgh4r/firebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/modefakemeveresikinuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/karigipubuzulerefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3329qppddmhsovlfkgq58vhu4/68109871394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/18812401770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ca2d4f66606bf4b5921f7f4eba3941a/mobawanasesotujisezovivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eda05bde2c4bb3064370057481ddf764/wiweziwokesuditufazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=permutation+and+combination+questions+with+solution+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_off0000fc22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011434.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11434 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 3c92a8be7d0fc8cffd3bd5f1a22cd0e4bbab51ec64f8bb22116a669f5de4f2a6
font_02_sfnt_off000142fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142FD 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 66aca6bf7e8eaae9f7ea109be62616f16a5a78a4c5d38d24fdba8c3c2ffba8a4

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