Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 261d5e11dda47a8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-19 18:12:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 10beb104df631a874c7e15f3bec8c667 SHA-1: fb650ce1a7c8da53ea422d40bbaca7941800d6d8 SHA-256: 261d5e11dda47a8ab00cfd2976da0d2584a39464fffd82dd7e1edeae9e76b70c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and utilize disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing lure, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9792

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 http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90161cad79c2a04d0c29def50c6a2ff2/6092832319.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/25378367295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbbe2777b63---jodopoxovurebaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4kbg8gqc2cafb7dghb043m4e87/davirabanad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hersheyhigh1981.com/clients/37302/File/xipil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortemadera.com/wysiwygfiles/file/jaximeloni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infypos.com/infyposcms/media/15401733777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sogepezifavanitovuvuvazop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercy-grand.ru/files/file/napekumomafunanam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comptables-publics.fr/userfiles/file/37444150413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.biz/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///14337574730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b6bd05fda9---kozituwoluwilik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84698bb08dc478c64a8bf65e70cb5c9d/zodigopavej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eef33c2aff---bumotolewemenologoxizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hmnku0a7qe04ke8edsbeng0em3/19223281923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dpsnowodworze.pl/userfiles/file/pabezigijipilirufejigisuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4def504c792c61f9aa610bcbf515bf8a/fidileb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvsl32vrb5r9lh03eo7ql4frit/tolexomubojexazafavoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demenagements-remond.fr/userfiles/file/20210815074142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081fdc6568ce---wogarufunisilunuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92sf7r41145hurn9gpfq7om24r/kurafafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d05addc76d---badedobuzozolegonol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b081c3a0692---69055316234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devison-matras.com/upload/file/xobaserix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wulf-sanitaer.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6t14osrttfh37cof47g5mfd4er/nimusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariekevanvlierden.nl/survey/userfiles/files/minoxikajavokemuvere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb19d2e110---fuxufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=bill+nye+the+science+guy+garbage+worksheet+answersPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e2ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2EA 16144 bytes
SHA-256: fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516
font_01_sfnt_off0000f86a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF86A 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 54609dddd5dfc019687a8d711ada28965001921e92b8a35a2318365c4a01f595
font_02_sfnt_off00011254.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11254 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 699b8a54bf713d37459c82968403ebc55c144b1012036cc70245625b4c84e18d
font_03_sfnt_off00013ee1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1