Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 267e5826b933aead…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:22:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 23f78f0b1ff9204522ce5b4b4072a79b SHA-1: b548a7376ba754cfc0becb31f626351ec6b81fb7 SHA-256: 267e5826b933aeadaf6cf16604db27e7f73b5e895eb4ff5fde94cb6594ddf474
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or trojan distribution vehicle. The file functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. These links are designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content, likely as part of a multi-stage attack. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iuck9cp009smioiq218irg53r6/lunuxegerozisawilikilu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36ca40ebdcc9722f2640803882112238/zobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/binajumekapanim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ejefjlgq2u47f2olvgp4o7p9r3/lezolelufurumozipiwoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4ca801fc9---96602427730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1h0cqjnjnmghciqh7kkaspqjnk/rizuzafuxogelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160993dc180d4d---sumiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082cceb75cb2---pusiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795f2bc7713---59637688973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b2f7b1da46848c6f3e1843b71ce69c6/tavedunegamutibukazukivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitsiluet.cz/data/file/38517684898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1340b56134c732593ba0c53da5a9682/41017741405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb281e4879---wolarabagij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/vuperujak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc74e31d1730f1aecd254d74f5f8c562/wifewegebitidafutatudepal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangs78.com/clients/66216/File/liwoxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://r2doodles.com/clients/4/4a/4a4ed909dcef54c1e3ec6a0ce1d29f2d/File/zezubozekiwovirabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b896f601703---xodurebomuriputiwokudur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e5dbcc5b5f1084d26328518c0681fbe/25959496456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae1c85b1bd4aa8b962ec1b765befbb37/23727826635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90f1aba58b3febda6269e2a00b8ea7f3/peratusodiluzame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/pebinodugiwevuwirelagino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa42cf2002f---66808898105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tewuvuporalot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=download+any+book+freePDF 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_off0000c3fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3FD 16628 bytes
SHA-256: 5e652b49cb2c0c054fee922aa3357a561434f3fea041313a2897f05f8615f2fc
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001073a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1073A 10420 bytes
SHA-256: 08d77f1f99295ff5fc196ce2c54163dd267806659e4bc6f9df66ae48520d3357