Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d14a01ccaadfd6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-10 04:01:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 848162ca191ee52e57ff0122619e5236 SHA-1: 63e6527a61e43c60f3e8f4eaa5fdbf2e23e6035c SHA-256: 7d14a01ccaadfd6fe6344d031f2bfb8da740d76d259c5c92785928909715029b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of these links, combined with the PDF's structure, indicates an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic firings strongly suggest a malicious link farm or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=analysis+with+an+introduction+to+proof+pdf
    • http://strefa-fitness.pl//fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/phpplikifile/xukape.pdf
    • https://bnovum.hu/downloads/jasilupofejawede.pdf
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a24c0e7dbd072cbfb801f4b74435ee2e/2222498386.pdf
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aea4e38cde1f3274ffc86b4668c4ca48/17065622702.pdf
    • http://daeryuhealthcare.com/ckupload/files/82494507158.pdf
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab5f0c7bce53ee694af282d87763878e/kokagijekadofen.pdf
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823948e590a---vukaji.pdf
    • http://imi.vc/upload/files/kevasefotoje.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc66c645feb.pdf
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/mebejegip.pdf
    • http://okzawidow.pl/img/upload/files/simas.pdf
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7dcc71b12da0eda8dc18f8195d68fe6/wivoz.pdf
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/kigavogitudodakuj.pdf
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/66744016595.pdf
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41e1ba4304---40928251994.pdf
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/99965109764.pdf
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j9vip06ehmg6jd4u9i2qvu1hnm/gadovegagesojoxanirifuxu.pdf
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b440d082f6c---40426997231.pdf
    • https://thingstodobahrain.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/furivevexevulegogomofanav.pdf
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/5030452578.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dhi8erk8gstqf0ha7ufckvr803/mavabajisumogetazekijaz.pdf
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d6c785a14e---69968577539.pdf
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acf6643601---tunewanemuxupezig.pdf
    • http://matchedtubes.de/userfiles/file/31914930151.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df6f.bin
eadc48cac74d707519101c9208fbb6ef7c82fc2b0c8fa98e6d4fe9d4e07b3c59
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF6F 1864 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e821.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE821 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010038.bin
77651037add9e9cd8b9de1cb643a854886aa743c5add6ba4eaf0527a2c33bdf0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10038 10864 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00011961.bin
6847aa4b42236bfe6353f86ecd99d7efe6a9261dde4b3d26d3d4661cc4d96dea
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11961 19912 bytes