Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 262ee941b68d6a35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-07 19:46:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ecfebea451a01c268f46eb5acbaadb45 SHA-1: 3f2b3d6b7a93782c813bb6ce62e7fcbefae9740f SHA-256: 262ee941b68d6a3540f11db931a0536694a077f87f32725e8e01677141b160b0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=basics+of+mechanical+engineering+design+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://yonseri.org/userfiles/files/vubuzaxunikamiges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/7927412376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/raruwunurenevowabilumobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886ed05a79a---nopetaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maurovalleferroarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/zenexefozejevokuzomogiviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/91910250040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibiforstarlight.ca/clients/3/3c/3cfcca4e360ca8807b7dd7d6e7cbeae0/File/lojiziworute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowanfamilyreunion.com/clients/28915/File/26437432193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/xudekakuzukojenowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contextuae.com/resimler/files/kosulunubifebaroxapizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/so73r69l0h5dogenqba7m77a67/jadanizajoboto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae93e9e7e1---73240093785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09157b6ed3---vopobejamigojofafusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/mofila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5f5c777282112426f52915a99048a9e/31143760503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc8f6eb445f---gafogubarunokobova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmhs1964.com/clients/a/ae/ae3b7fe25fc1fd458a9bccd7578bee9c/File/zakukiridelimipomujakano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091bd5b207f2---patewinimunuxuvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/vebugedemelewute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theofficefurniturestore.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39427950596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aparcaderoshaddaichile.cl/uploads/images/files/56892948980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f824ec277---vizafodubafokesadir.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_off0000f169.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF169 17328 bytes
SHA-256: 834414181178d50de4c1d7e8e9ad9e380c2fbcd5823b11738fe76fd4a28535fe
font_01_sfnt_off00011ebc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EBC 11024 bytes
SHA-256: ff02a98c0feae396e803d7df66072388e8071ca6254a787a3577c9fda55d7b71
font_02_sfnt_off000137f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1