Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b14bebab0b12e228…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 16:54:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2bc94733daf4194a02f799576457af47 SHA-1: b66af60cad2176926224f650ad6cd750d8a6ed6a SHA-256: b14bebab0b12e22806124989cdc6b7f53ec9aa6c29daf870cc7f69db40e4a555
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://guijek.com/userfiles/file/45479045684.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://digireg.se/upload/xuzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f86d26d5cba1f31cc73dc56981193a93/22762951747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-bouquet.be/userfiles/files/28351655243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/figuviwadolizapelopufesow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanseniors.ca/userfiles/file/tiwipunenujus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f471a1d21373423a9d0dd8d473bb20d7/nukiguboxigep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ade2c64af3---pofizebalobijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7d786036f---tegemezedilipigavopiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a2262d07c---50881787190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loaamtran.vn/files/usersfiles/files/wesilodibakedinabipugeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/rodonafobidizotimenaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murasakijr.com/uploads/files/12527936330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b1acf1516---simakelaxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fkatode0g1ur0verghpnfsv34/mumazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayanchem.com/d/files/77893368441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/86503827708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/38216582733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ab16c9487---75879168673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.info/contents//files/64201458729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/4520618765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaspoassur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12f198a9a20d032cb258a2aeda54d713/65985366098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea27146974---26644216526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=what+cleans+blood+stainsPDF 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_off0000f181.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF181 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 6170d1f926f798497a67d5f6665ee441e0b2a21b588c0a6bf54659b768fe9741
font_01_sfnt_off00010953.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10953 17756 bytes
SHA-256: 8380a861ccebcd2f894df86fdd3e64e0784926dd43b7bd95e82b75c83c8bae74
font_02_sfnt_off000136f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1