Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26983bddd91fe73e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-24 18:42:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 02e80b928c2fdf705499dea42a37a4d7 SHA-1: b61a390897e4b69b255ce251779c90be99c046d5 SHA-256: 26983bddd91fe73e403c634b3e38799f9088c4fc0c4f275ab2a0556641c8a716
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host malicious payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing and trojan activity. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests an attempt to redirect users to download further stages of an attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aed395276641e4428e76b2be671539c/41841324573.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9f0d44b09---98523137255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa1c00c951---dokiginaxozakunufibevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f3c992b9e---80863934141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c58bdc267e7---mibosemepanonakuxurudeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ncaal6p65cvvfghrcidm6r6ptn/mazifuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cu-hinothai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44206819243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ebde7a9aad---titifudalomejojilaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7b3094d57---75891653261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klccpa.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/8092254663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b05951bae71469d86e6ba3696b24876d/39001333227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2de6d910a6---96526568090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecac084c3eaad536c96977fa9556686f/sudojenipamamuminirix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1aeea747c---99393621500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/xugevonasodesipifij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607739a397757---wokigejigozek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wfuchiomega.com/clients/4/46/46a815049f9cfb11ab63b386d19cdfb8/File/89974528355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://equipociclistaugeraga.com/ciclistas/userfiles/file/11714682129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69q5gn3sipinq5j8qrh2so3hn3/lubowibabujusodomulap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-camper.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68547739715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24c05d20df34592b5b1a7db2cc71f658/xowewitaterujixajitepodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90adb7996c6104cd996e93a0215b8bff/47391005222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=nice+guys+always+finish+last+lyrics+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cde9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDE9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5FB 18116 bytes
SHA-256: 6237328ef90e2dc6687f8a3a76de398025527b1a7d871171846bf84b9fec1ec8
font_02_sfnt_off0001166c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1166C 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 7a87a2139dfad970f627ddb1d41fad72a2f38533d464256ebf49df157c7c26fc
font_03_sfnt_off00012fe2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FE2 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae