Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b14cd11f59abeee3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:15:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: a80ba7294f36b5fdf9cc5b1981c591b3 SHA-1: 38831b3477a4ff9c3fd7a630cd002658b5a0a11b SHA-256: b14cd11f59abeee32eb0fc78641e6ff06db4d761ae8e6aae9c6e521a7bb23a13
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, many hosted on disposable domains or utilizing WordPress upload vulnerabilities. The PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is used to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=anorexia+nerviosa+y+amenorrea+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088afd07a760---dafefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079849827c96---22245655576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607758ece8b99---sivevotarekoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelstore.tn/userfiles/file/46986659199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/42993811464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giverny-bkk.com/upload/files/tufidilutibutaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watdoenwevandaag.nl/upload/nitujawiguxifusidot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozanatalan.com/iboard/includes/userfiles/files/tomuderevefuzijeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hepiran.com/cache/fck_files/file/polokep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eos.org.eg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/febube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86b6ec15e8e469d9196b340567df037a/vulokugusef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mallenmediations.com/mallenmediations/images/userfiles/file/pasuxozotumajonepugusuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/gigavawuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pillshop.ru/uimg/files/woxumadinaloxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea193ff671001486fb48c8cb13f70bf7/45959429778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad645b9637c---75217164448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8fc09bd8e9e632f28538c40168d09a8/vigirigagajikovob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7fe319bb4a---mazinoborijurimobivezir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/rasasixek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behagi.eus/files/galeria/files/35888668280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldcastlive.com/userfiles/file/36696917143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selapro.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60382359682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stepweystudy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68251576674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a98cff2b84802c47d17331aac4c703f/favanisogolanijeped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomarcheluzzo.it/userfiles/files/muxogewowibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ea28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA28 19488 bytes
SHA-256: 85cb8408ffa02a52e53ba5a98e66e50e237124ae069f01063d7a9dc6a2b8f15d
font_01_sfnt_off00011ca9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA9 10776 bytes
SHA-256: e205a908b045c450fc29443e281c7590978320fa430d510cbf14307b7c7b5649
font_02_sfnt_off00013584.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13584 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1