Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dead14629cf7881b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:46:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2f7d729fba8cee49f6f59967344c0027 SHA-1: 0f28d03b2f893d1276a9f28d4a298b1a365ed2c5 SHA-256: dead14629cf7881b2411613ea4fa315fd7eeb6e3c7e2e092a100f8b7226327c0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing campaigns aiming to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://kanat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/mugukudisilojijene.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lotusromeo.fr/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/5153474850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/25103395562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56g2lhrsst93j2g0e4a0uaoa31/29079616089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/86355520111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/fisubejefamemiwaturubujal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulherinscampground.com/clients/879992/File/22760950400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/11077492503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buergerforum-tirol.at/file/19959929727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/54358704439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/97029193340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/65018942031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2bff5250a5---dagewefefufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aminotp.com/upload/files/bomikebilebaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879db4861ea---44717617029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lordbeaverbrook1973.com/clients/76835/File/23882865680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/333143045b8ada14f5ce46fe01dd1d7b/66114695476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57295c884488eca8e641ac30b45a961e/romasavasired.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cowmoo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48978201901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sea-cruise.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/papatokujise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e0dadf26d---9901223082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nazragame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/gazerapavobuwusadogurobem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royal-pizza.eu/files/file/8901254256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=iodine+food+list+pdfPDF 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_off0000b4b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4B3 10180 bytes
SHA-256: 59a7f0de527471af6db331a2ce6d11e7183dc3de3f711567ebb3d4e90de171b2
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3A2 15520 bytes
SHA-256: 962efb047fc73158d29317f1f9ad0bcec1f6d84254a84661aa1238d89864d5da