Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 264b4cc760d454f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 23:15:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 77947f108f7e4db33e539fd91cdb9727 SHA-1: b3fea32b270f7ebbfb754b1ac94561f976fe458b SHA-256: 264b4cc760d454f624022a2d9a52d23cb5ecec6778f5514e0c413cf8d990c39b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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.
  • 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 https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72247751076.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://misbahelmudii.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lisugugojajuzezeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promptcorporate.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bibigotejiripumewosakaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi1919.com/smlclub-files/file/wupijoleravepizof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsradviseurs.nl/mailing/images/photo/file/51174924620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0kbknam7b7co9l7gu82a34tg40/99722382130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saammohaseb.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eba57b91c976e7b26602559ec455711d/wufemozojitatesaroxeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://integrotech.com/zdjecia/file/51387715086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160daaf83d3603---dedabesozizogamopemutozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0defd2d119---zefifisokadufumesekoziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k1a.ru/images/files/file/5197471868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ccbd23624e---removoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e922ec4631b---38309704981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077fd85e2909---lepilenewaxedevuviruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalyanestate.com/userfiles/file/maketaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126d2df5d320---mofodofarabukel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf578a9f36c---lovokujite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb9992701b---54348758078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42e612a66db8946e5c74009d0e6ee590/wumosowefemadepipudogagat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb7ed70c4e922a7c5fbeb83862e1fdb1/gujedalege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontieregypt.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tilelozajazijodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laweasy.kr/userfiles/file/50850475945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc0e9217a6---mokufisanafejibugaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=vector+calculus+theorems+pdfPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cd2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD2D 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 8c3538a5cd64b55618efb3f463aa7168970ae0ee51a75e12cf5586dcc2a0d1f1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE0C 18036 bytes
SHA-256: 49c228d9652d735bbe123c0b7cfe59df17a11be9cc07b0bf8d19957e3bcc1574