Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07f26ae33316d54a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:32:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d7e0cfa62df65c839a13c90ae2b62074 SHA-1: 2507dbb195378de1bd572f9c05b62debce162eb7 SHA-256: 07f26ae33316d54a83aeb9fbd970e9eb8f6e60ae411f2f6c14508f56c2e90982
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to other PDF files hosted on various domains. Several heuristics indicate this is a link farm, with some URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious distribution or SEO poisoning campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3795af2db---93838157325.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/xeturobewosoremuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn-----6kcaheblih5ab0a6afqbzoqe.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2740665384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5c844e465---luxokafetomugajaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ferm-matic.fr/upload/file/lemedajebate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaobienbang.vn/upload/fck/file/mawipajogetozav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/26434689596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodoan.net/userfiles/file/84260301859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764212df4a4---zutukixawupema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fbe1bc8cd1cfb9bf73bb7d23ee2eaef/tekawamosize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860b70004b9---jidarinomoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/nedegebar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somersetcountybar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/24959845809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3fcc649b7c---pezugivatop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881ad7d97d1---vasejozesogofade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cissi.it/userfiles/files/25553986365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da18929903027fd7904ba62afaec0ee1/kisowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba6f2b6c7e---94860126622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1hozain.ru/files/userfiles/files/bovakovexeretuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc3e9569fe1---luvezejisefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077480746053---suxumofezodakevevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents//files/famunij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redac.ch/upload/88149819204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/files/jazalokuwuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vyaspublicschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66892422733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=solving+systems+of+equations+by+elimination+without+multiplication+worksheetPDF 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_off0000dd0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD0F 11744 bytes
SHA-256: 67a3ec8c4a38e0de9f44bdcd98415ca46bba5ae43716fb75694cf115dd13ae89
font_01_sfnt_off0000f87c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF87C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001108e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1108E 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 2fb4481f9139c4f75cf5eb8c81cc6f24e74f229012d1d12f109b6cf45afdc921