Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26263fe9a0b22af2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:50:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: dab31f02daccf554f0d895b9102ee217 SHA-1: 4baa996f1021652bad489e2df364b00d39089c2b SHA-256: 26263fe9a0b22af28ee19103323e6a555bd2ab07c41001e9ca1b1be497060af1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the links suggest the PDF acts as a lure to external malicious content, likely involving JavaScript execution within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 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.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=we+are+the+khalsa PDF link annotation
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d1eb92562f---pibowiposat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bed949863---bivowitesazajigopagejop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcf1efe85eaa11563063117066c0f49a/57454180014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112c8d9f0acd---8374600849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160930eab4d454---27884833656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tessuno.com/upload/files/60d2137045d05.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2938c61d46---72728115770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/mimirutasorapaxopudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacsionline.net/userfiles/file/32531352734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/208872fa30fcdefdbb3c5fada2011f23/54183032219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/97655123703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708ee6d4d40---gafabos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fff5ac6e63f68bbc2b7acbf8d8d857c5/bobitofoduniteponiviraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087245cc25d1---lixigivapigabuwozibise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9lsbboogb51r7vq3uni9smigt1/putaxedotozojojeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocvietbungalow.com/upload/files/waniwazejasijoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/22468008723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicolamanna.com/userfiles/files/59818268191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventensis.lt/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fowewolugowojegexuposoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liburnia.pl/userfiles/file/fomijonamapodirivibisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106971c3c649---divivetukakuxikini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notarbrazda.cz/userfiles/file/53615816589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e8a3a7904---30267598926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourjamesfamilyhistory.com/clients/1/14/146a9f92d0a296c7c29e793db058bb30/File/jitunomifigatapomasowez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robvancampen.nl/userfiles/file/taxopezigigagisonaku.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_off0000c0ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0CE 9972 bytes
SHA-256: b8d4a27e99a0f1342f99627a850f1c09a184525c6cefe5fb2b43c4254dfec56c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d713.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD713 16748 bytes
SHA-256: 60f2394d0740290d092218f96259be218231128d2f537d896700fd746318aa0a
font_02_sfnt_off000101e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1