Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 226ff3fba7104a5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:52:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3bd372d545c73f8ec011036596db2410 SHA-1: 086a26c1f727d3379d555d38f092ae6ccd57344d SHA-256: 226ff3fba7104a5dd4967bfc15c9df3e0bbf7c573da18fe3aaedbb2a340a641f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. These links likely serve to distribute phishing content or further malware payloads.

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=synonyms+list+with+meaning+in+english+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://moderator.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/41499519649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0de517a773---gizukujupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsstore.mx/ckeditor/ckfinder/archivossubidos/files/bazarasikotaluriligufiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96266bdaa896a585b53c0415c7fa149a/lusifotosekuwowowuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngusacdon.com/upload/files/jifavofenebemogenefapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergyproperty.com/images/files/tajuximivereze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/20431100465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77932bf03b---61001257283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4bcda642b4---dotatewonipebanozodubok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megatekspb.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/5430217309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d1790ffbb---48172387359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/pupefuwibivanokeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7505ede678---61238405270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6ff094bb5---34119717270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samoinstitute.mn/uploads/assets/file/lerojejesijezevid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/dewejakirajomilav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e165fe9a55---58803652662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seksdagen.nl/userfiles/file/91956908030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f29deaba2e---41652223956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guapa2.com/admin/fck/file/93944875669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130dbfc24383---petegulevosimofajafinovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/57698453969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a29c64310cc89c474f93319258e9e52/xugewizasolev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.coverseg.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/luzilamutovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee6c0e97983---nuguvixolefikonojajireged.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_off0000ce0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE0E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e620.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE620 20392 bytes
SHA-256: 62deb6b58368d648ca4bf80e25ad3eb7b6676756cc4aeaaf63fb4218c09ceddb
font_02_sfnt_off000119f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119F6 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 29b1922736a40e8d3f1e49d7b7f1f84b63bc2306475216db2aa7d7abc4d3e5e6