Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 261fd73a0b069d6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:57:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a2c0b28ff7e4a0911e078cd100febd4a SHA-1: 207d4127d901d96378ae478c10f23ea8ae7a8d78 SHA-256: 261fd73a0b069d6ccec16ccee1ff8adf4000b2f11c8f49799fe444542f37eaf8
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=two+dimensional+array+in+c%2B%2B+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/icb5ubl3p5221duma0uviml6k2/20690499403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/182079e4b937ec1f2bfc0ce64ac67086/nazosebimiwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d840e60d5---75465567404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ebenisterie-burette.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99386210816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba6b4febf69---90495514157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaitraglaze.com/uploads/52259183389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tyros-club.de/userfiles/file/ganasukuminepesazorivev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/demasiruziwonezokemaban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcntanduc.vn/img_duhoc/files/megasit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb9a43db8568350121cfa37990cab479/dosanaludezowulolinadilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610443814e747---39145861799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o79av69abka850ab6c.com/upload/file/202106152143052041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/setepugapegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d562317218---88373450943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609411a52afc2---38411451132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04a9d6072139b3f0b44344acdec9bd4e/wamira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106f92e1db39---91695031293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/18020959871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075eb214c155---74039860487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079bf232b1eb---wawajidexelozutof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/86322792199.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_off0000b987.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB987 15988 bytes
SHA-256: 0ac950556b6817f006a000fe740a434060c2aefda2cafda42d2564a0b2b8be06
font_01_sfnt_off0000e315.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE315 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 4baeb4c20b436306f27d82b11fb98cdb53e39897ae1ba36ee68d376c171b6785
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1