Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d14d279c44c467ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-23 05:25:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 9d978c1f9656fce360caa546c32b6b01 SHA-1: b1bb4cc0c56026441469f6448c52f01185dfea5f SHA-256: d14d279c44c467eebd154bb481774acaf550ebff6518daeaf2d639ba239d612a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious payloads, aligning with the 'Spearphishing Attachment' technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d0bdbddd55af7710daf0819bcacb1d9/59190669891.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b3afbd791---zijilejewikijuvotiwadonev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.com/ressource/site-image/files/gakowupurusuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a69661fd8b23469c9a07d2d73e32e504/femoserutibin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/tojadumarasajitebevot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e74cc70477---xosezawopuvirexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6jhnaigv5pcottrh3dm9a88h3e/rodukabedagoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/suvbugab6qn72d8h6gb3pllum5/sirofarogonuzopuzisazuwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01b9bb11fce1878ffbe48b131289b29a/4972928028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bliksis.ru/userfiles/file/mufuterakefusapijemuxasip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cz-synergy.cz/data/file/roderitewozeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb705da8bf---kipoxelilipevej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866b62d1925---71840540630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0dea6ac4e---gopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barnesfamilyconnection.com/clients/f/f3/f37d50667a1bb99e511e26172889fab9/File/72517297753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muacash.com/webroot/img/files/82145603430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b0ef38dc291---podatib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/054a2370c800c64da2efa9e74d6ca702/jilegog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qataminational.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/53148038154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62df474fecf3c0c4b12a942613381cc5/53325922593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ykzn8.com/upfiles/editor/files/ninazotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguidobarbieri.it/userfiles/files/61804142780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ups+road+test+automaticPDF 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_off0000f9cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9CB 17232 bytes
SHA-256: b5f8f9440c644ddd9950649e61e3a124608abbd93163fa11d81333752bc77c32
font_01_sfnt_off00012712.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12712 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 0f2e0abe22584410ab8213612786fee141283d8a373740501b2a89b8f6d83117
font_02_sfnt_off00013f77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1