Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26610eaad00de103…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:26:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c218342b323bc7df29c2af5f17354fb4 SHA-1: 5656641ce9f09d462ab14ccb360b5d9f96c3374d SHA-256: 26610eaad00de1038d9fac9f95a15e81de066b6d4c12fd1a4329c7331e3f2fae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests the document's primary purpose is to act as a link farm, potentially to bypass security measures or to direct users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=who+is+there
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0773071a4---mekagipewiginodovig.pdf
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac75e502791---busulidalaxukuvovitosuxe.pdf
    • http://wanyuantemple.tw/userfiles/file/98677045538.pdf
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f88e50700f---kutezodafatumap.pdf
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/49692524037.pdf
    • http://huijingweb.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-16/20210716034758994396.pdf
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/bimoverub.pdf
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aqb172l4408dk2fni8r6l95bv6/doxuk.pdf
    • http://pr-jam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73122985444.pdf
    • http://ylphs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gobotivuxibevodaxegalo.pdf
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094858489aec---78511529230.pdf
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3307b3497a---viwufonuvefom.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb279c378e---72990844176.pdf
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k82beqr13orqhinoamp0f4gn4j/laliwovupusilev.pdf
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd9d610b4de---15649521233.pdf
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a07a45a4274---tazajaloxubezido.pdf
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2d3aa8f3121907c4c1502424fb4740b/22763605003.pdf
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611cf889c60bc---72209013148.pdf
    • https://havadisname.com/upload/ckfinder/files/58157363309.pdf
    • http://matonaklawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/70091104057.pdf
    • http://seednseed.com/admin/fckfiles/file/77840564686.pdf
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog//file/84023286331.pdf
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609954f60c8a2---1677495606.pdf
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc4566755f---80515984257.pdf
    • http://hopsch.de/uploads/file/gadikeluj.pdf
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d20a00879ae---sutekepefuxifa.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc27.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC27 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f43d.bin
7ae11c5139c1371c0af387a6a51524d266326e1752a160bde23e595bb1ce8aba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF43D 9888 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010a36.bin
2d97b0857602702cf9c4673ee729111214c3ee8b43b9963462ca5260abe311af
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A36 18660 bytes