Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 266554c277204a61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 07:53:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9520a1c55b7d114b0103287c4cdf82c1 SHA-1: 1a39c1d32ee3d11bcc6ed1e04aaad377cc768f6e SHA-256: 266554c277204a61a61bf7ba811821c2488f16789b477f1a9e02d3954e34039a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a common tactic to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bubble+gum+simulator+cheats
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/99634655016.pdf
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143327202724---xujerejidi.pdf
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fcb25881ae---52528191714.pdf
    • https://ls-machinery.com/uploadpic/files/202109151031086995.pdf
    • http://musiclivemarsala.com/userfiles/files/53190861343.pdf
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/19748436502.pdf
    • http://hoteldanang.vn/uploads/images/files/patogubigiredek.pdf
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/71014224552.pdf
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/7861831060.pdf
    • http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/30459697858.pdf
    • http://csc0516.com/userfiles/file/20210912172059_bpfhvn.pdf
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/215b945f6b2eb82366c3a4d028bbe730/solunugi.pdf
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b4fcce43a---27665910556.pdf
    • http://biosystech.com/pdsFck/file/3108747002.pdf
    • http://mayepnuocmia.vn/data/ckfinder/files/53917325100.pdf
    • http://anpo.vn/upload/files/64414787708.pdf
    • https://novitas.ro/files/31583827199.pdf
    • http://mydreamtuscanwedding.com/editor_up/54419273152.pdf
    • https://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/finaxujevoxo.pdf
    • https://doctmcooper.com/userfiles/files/nosifonerinoxabovizas.pdf
    • https://wrd13.com/force/file/xikibulizakuzatujebovomup.pdf
    • https://proartgaleria.hu/files/files/84046394180.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_off0000b113.bin
6c30f82d64c26f9117e5f9cb2d1a2dd382106bb7ec24709b843726f107688dde
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB113 10864 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca37.bin
9d47edcae65e5952646655a6ea71cfca3d480322ff5b649324608a08aca2ae83
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA37 14664 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef1e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF1E 16792 bytes