Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e26a3a909ba744c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-08-01 14:36:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 721ee0a05ab10c366a8fe9c0b4bdb52a SHA-1: 279881b13b649ec1f5a4af4e3da68fbb4edcab54 SHA-256: 1e26a3a909ba744c125c12eeac073d8fb8b0c588cb37ae2e36dc621f640fbc27
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate it's likely a spearphishing attachment designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+replace+screen+on+amazon+fire+tablet+10 PDF link annotation
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/57716897422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalonetours.com/userfiles/files/70159076028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c3977d8a5d2be48daaa06996114bd97/luxifev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/fatepedisinobezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/zilorexugovavomefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cc2ad4a1b57a14d0ae80f77e4cffefd/86130823051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/pevevikagijuwegejenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c7ad225d3993d52a0dc4dbeaacbe64e/52566226359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/saketoloxomig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0976800001619995706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7fpvnt87mehnnfdfti8pia7jo/wiwunekerusosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joewhitefamilysite.com/clients/59967/File/61458986478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3srh5nt2pg2phe5muu8kga7f7/xakopegojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://togeltop.net/contents//files/80592367203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808186a20a6---siboxipeseradepubukalozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083aadf05ff8---xejudusekosubiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0ac5d3dd5---38487317214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7i455fth8f0uq7sifo5i8db1je/73952522947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/71456864574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sartor.ru/upload/files/dakolorokoxiribefewebefar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/67391231208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klasykarozrywki.pl/public/images/fck/file/nevojuvebewaputuxenivap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbf8c29de0---lekatusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/son2tgrqs2hd3q7fds4de593mu/65329910032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088f63ca85ce---fodojowapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010a72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A72 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 131a2142245fde077aa11be5a342b6e8280ad3b1bf442701f442b9300a54d8d4
font_01_sfnt_off000138b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138B9 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 10b8539d864dca55097c6e07e812e28e5171cae1b4fa267a1854e8f94fe74f76
font_02_sfnt_off0001526d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1526D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1