Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26298ff044f71da1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-10-08 02:53:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 601d5b48c8469301af829d80c4fdc5ac SHA-1: 5c5658076f9d8dfe83190ce143799ceaf21b0b75 SHA-256: 26298ff044f71da116dd60a76dd8971ed3a05e86b1fd66a2cfe29423231c55e0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for malicious purposes. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615725f3e3a57---13484354336.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kiemdinhcan.com/Images_upload/files/47435817013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161559dd92ff73---vojatesit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://22vek-omsk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/gufumelutibamag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yey.uw52.com/upload/files/wusox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostfoundglobal.com/userfiles/file/59689820657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkiwicafe.com/uploads/files/vuxedemidudaxaxedel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://087334211.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fokewumiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dejavuruse.com/userfiles/file/90016714407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jf2ka06daebchmth81fuhk2a23/75368395084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pqclass.kr/imgs/file/23805841679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/fisawotosilutozamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614eb90ab3b6d---nijazixedod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sithome.com/upfiles/file/20210922151712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champagne-ardenne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xesedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randygordonlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kaxima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/pepakanetexakigakoxuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debcopharma.com/userfiles/file/rogavutetub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amblesidewindermere.ca/fckuploads/images/file/10436442230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cafa60c066---32924359751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mpeglvp30os18ljbg1tgjm4rl7/44316302246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cana.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/pizinazunokaseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20685843997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proart.by/media/file/sulazikigawisemenuzuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=dielectric+constant+of+water+at+room+temperaturePDF link annotation
    • http://mustang.tom.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xupuwotivizuteju.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_off0000cd50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e567.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE567 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 4d463164746fdd52735b91a913c9a4833cc54b61a58da0c1dc75ed9cf9892cb6
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE72 17748 bytes
SHA-256: 8677cba714ccaafa32494d523553fdbed5e8d0722fcb2d1d5e4bb7a272fc6151