Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d014aceeaabe432f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:28:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b310c2d25421dba53fc0eb6a7e8debfa SHA-1: c4589693edf586bd57cd188c13b455c06dcd3023 SHA-256: d014aceeaabe432f2a9a52db3fd2c85e2234960b99a26d460fb98d5086ba5403
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c152f4e890a---25524229955.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vuzora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805ab8f0c8a---zurukozurizam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gaab7trbj9k03c3m9imvgd2bv1/98970805023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bracyfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c2/c2db1a97f769835965582c74015c7782/File/50816547631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbondcorten.com/attachment/file/0e02d71ac4cbaeaff0187ea132d4dd48.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohmamakitchen.com/uploads/files/kawapisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b01478d29---52407732225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medwin.kr/userData/board/file/vapufokasox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisoseminatrici.it/userfiles/files/fozakamedepijulota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrikando.com/cmsimple/images/file/99532910522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/xaxubisibisewol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097cc9b740f6---63296175052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821ba155b78---lagawoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deforma.it/userfiles/files/1773558919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65bfb4be56430d23bd79943dca4b8e9f/43462449951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--nmqu14inmf.com/upload/files/latixiwikuxatarug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5vg8lo7n9pp36a21rmegnfttik/7596577557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationalmedia.com/userfiles/file/11062336540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a1ed05cf1---51996790302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cpa1hci33lje8ogemtb1pnjui/9675372061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1l23rvp4u9lvf7adksta4imso4/91684190914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanmusicfestival.com/userfiles/file/7549221211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd79b4a1f5e---xedofofoduzosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=poetry+for+students+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/kimabebulidekibanomutaxa.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_off0000e318.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE318 10408 bytes
SHA-256: 0dbd1d9b01d5310f76592740ad564edb315cb73bbccc756adb576870a0fde401
font_01_sfnt_off0000fade.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFADE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000112f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112F0 17436 bytes
SHA-256: 9cf1b6725ad78e73c07e7181acd65a1042ad5bfc1c992f8e1f68e6015b13799e