Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da614b3dbd941baf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-29 05:18:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: a08cda6c4cde47dc3a983a24fddb1ee6 SHA-1: 6259d22ee9d030074577d4a3eea0fb0cea2097d9 SHA-256: da614b3dbd941bafc15432fe8c30d051b025f61abe8d8a8e5ca8ff089c42536e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS 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 PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to lure users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.sudoku-cool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sunevix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/495e263e6af7d83891be86e98b2258c4/sevijefuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/74376071985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kco.su/userfiles/file/disalebararese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haraj-alqunfudhah.com/userfiles/file/76432229020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161511ced54ce9---bizuxunupifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/20208323614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-eu.cz/upload/files/pivipekujoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fj2tk6g5d64d1ev66qr7m9kb30/bolegozanozewen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-vaganovskoe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41460205138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tovicetour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_35849ED88CF57444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135ef0739321---3749510749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-24/20210924163727659553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nontaromclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2876867719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvbm.org/pds/userfiles/files/68059141312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lockerova.eu/admin/upload/documents/basupelozobowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceraunavoltapizzeria.it/userfiles/files/vofuvusigadafovulixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161401aade370b---92813468307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xcheck.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/woxudasolovisunowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grotech.in/userfiles/file/rowilujajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f40204e261455095fdabc480c291a8d/bikirofafovuvatilil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rehahomecare.com/upload/editor/files/kojitowamebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sicurezzaips.it/uploads/file/94162052259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/xexodobozalosixopuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selapro.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gagewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+go+back+in+chrome+androidPDF 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_off0000b5fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5FD 15688 bytes
SHA-256: c98cd6425c241c63aeecc2ba4de0c1a28b57de62dca555da157e11673f72ccc9
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD24 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 00d6468df133a61c5bc8171c15c284826ccc6d20c533e823e19445e14d665d19
font_02_sfnt_off0000f612.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF612 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1