Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 026ded49325797b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:06:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: dbd519024589e061d3fe03f8b7ebd2d0 SHA-1: 1b265147cc6c3c9cc5afc1ea5715efac07835e61 SHA-256: 026ded49325797b2db7650d6a64d283f255b800711e3d7ae505198f280dbf1e0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic firings suggest an attempt to exploit users through deceptive links, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1uqh6oslmb602gg9gl9bqkr9r/91103825961.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31ec8b4a316f2baa2967481f0f06713e/53605484054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efe8d66ef17---18495179387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabortech.com/admin/file/89149399541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44938734aa149a79ea1c0fa98d29639d/jujepofubogadufevud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/61037708186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/an2efvirqovi926dauiqgegdds/4758100130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymsoft.us/aym_image/files/netisinirumatazizebawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cutskytools.com/d/files/85271751549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/javiwomolupaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe41abbecb---legufelunikasepigudopur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/14676023302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfcb185b604---44844593577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c68011b645e902ebc5866d44ab2015c/dulejiwabanupubugiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m8fe046k3ju92m204781o0m10j/lorobegevexedaragexizigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4h748bnmcu4ve5s13qt2i9365e/suxujudufolejalozip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/fanixesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161288c0ebdbe1---4097793239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wrd13.com/force/file/virizuranavajegugepesiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diedacorporation.net/freesiafiles/file/9139439513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a066ff560e75769eacf447b76fdc1acc/82594022207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adddd432d55---14603463194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suthuytinh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/wufejujaxemevumuvazufewir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=distinguish+between+increase+in+demand+and+increase+in+quantity+demandedPDF 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_off0000ed78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED78 17848 bytes
SHA-256: 8df2b5eb3ab3b0a745dbdcd2dd63a4f167f6f52c8f377faefee5ae7031ae4cfd
font_01_sfnt_off00011b4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B4B 11240 bytes
SHA-256: f71c318866a145294480b57b9384ab631f6f1fafb765ccffa4d289720a0821df
font_02_sfnt_off0001350f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1350F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1