Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26758254c5b24521…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:53:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1f0bb099ceba2825f91c9a6a30ca15c0 SHA-1: 9fefc64ba479366b51cecba2341607163969d380 SHA-256: 26758254c5b245216661cc5ed8c8143f48cda4747d44d4fe38cd9809f0756d2c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=basic+english+grammar+b.+azar+pdf
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc60807e717af5549d6a0a7095ffc116/resokoxunopinuwatagirus.pdf
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f00eeb6104f---47397066806.pdf
    • http://thaoduocquyhiem.com/userfiles/image/file/gigilebalemufebu.pdf
    • http://misterholidaysanprisco.it/userfiles/files/julivupujizokozidovu.pdf
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89001059146.pdf
    • http://www.blueoak.fr/image/file/gitorowuw.pdf
    • https://canevastoilestjean.com/upload/editor/file/22259684096.pdf
    • https://fotoprint.lv/downloads/file/gewifakobabuxakadokawobos.pdf
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/26825104977.pdf
    • http://ncabhsa.com/clients/875427/File/95221260621.pdf
    • https://www.opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vosopifowonexof.pdf
    • http://szsahsh.com/uploads/files/vefaxigemugakufofimusigid.pdf
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c11ca67d645---legaxevakogiladenev.pdf
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/654be7489a32029be62a72a424188f47/gulibonenoxuvojorusame.pdf
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf96b7766b01955e150bdeab60f0181b/46690303004.pdf
    • http://sun-green.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20663729122.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b73c3216c---zarilaro.pdf
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13b4319d9d---xukopapozelikol.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51267d959ec8be85be12f4631bccab81/87979325710.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ns1d4tiedkcsac675u6ofbbg6o/69733692968.pdf
    • http://teaandtiarasmontreal.com/clients/f/f0/f03dfc1790708d0b03c48e9879ef2ea6/File/25290683935.pdf
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/2674515750.pdf
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772ade2a28e---58938938409.pdf
    • https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50343281162.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_off0000c08a.bin
a5a86015d25b561bfa14caee7e344b487e6e54d70695828e9fcb45853c03a153
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC08A 16896 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec66.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC66 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001047d.bin
c67982ca3963994bfa9d55e28add1ae237d7563cb0818e672e08598b062ad7d0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1047D 11168 bytes