Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 260f5ca2c23a27f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:31:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 523b06100ec0c85bae20459e4535cf19 SHA-1: cc90cc3d479582193ec734459d20ea682c2f9eee SHA-256: 260f5ca2c23a27f6ed6b3e9000700281bfa635ecd6d7d3c2122d685d4918457c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the overall structure and URL findings point towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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=problems+on+ages+questions+and+answers+pdf+download
    • http://www.cavice.fi/tiedostot/files/sumelogejorefojotejeweno.pdf
    • http://kiuruvedenlukio.fi/tiedostot/file/85364266859.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed1aa737ce---59608097575.pdf
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a601bd071d9---letadoxikovipefikiboxuv.pdf
    • http://bouncebodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/20244172926.pdf
    • http://gibisch.info/files/files/subifebevalino.pdf
    • http://gadkowski.pl/repository/filemanager/file/21368261042.pdf
    • https://globalquestconsulting.com/userfiles/files/73885211836.pdf
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07d504ee85cd4f5dd74f4efad90077cd/fajizegezazusivojodetawov.pdf
    • https://ohcsi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79197641630.pdf
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc06bf52185---69901411989.pdf
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb71c21fc4fe4ffc4bc4939a551f589e/tizopejazup.pdf
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/45252209657.pdf
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3d5ea7483---798566377.pdf
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15c9f989e3de1f4b74d4175f162d3073/zatekebojeluwuva.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f5b7bc5ab---xigatupi.pdf
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3a0342c50---mikiloxukumeno.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4470aa32bfacceded5ebe4184841e4f8/vabuwarawu.pdf
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/895ba7adc82123f3c858f7d79a43121d/pamosipoj.pdf
    • http://toyotarent.tw/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_35ECD5E3AE56B88B.pdf
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee1404ff0e---96001094566.pdf
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/66980968094.pdf
    • http://www.eurosecurimed.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67002741669.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d76e.bin
6591ec800e6c13e5328716f4b803e1f15492ecd68050d711412f9ce36e136a9a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD76E 17844 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010598.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10598 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011daf.bin
e7d23bdb7397465cec176ceee50e6229ee12e11953f5bb6b0c706be34130d2c8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DAF 11312 bytes