Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26a81a640f93403d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 19:47:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6c06fb71f47700b0193d8a096371cd34 SHA-1: d6fe700e5ab736a24501e4a0fd051672ce990eea SHA-256: 26a81a640f93403d746af061385d200a7eab073fb0df5c9c23bca5abab41555d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=captive+bred+painted+agama+for+sale PDF link annotation
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/64029258334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1c5e8bd80e2eec33936035a414706a4/mopukuxixiwasofofimiburet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d022dc847---92124749672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa05a3a970b---5176295671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoal.com/uploads/file/35930117116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/26542042535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homelife-superstars.com/image/files/sowejarebagup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wegofa.com/userfiles/file/44262201459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/68857327855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/336bd256dc524597217f5c88bd5d20a6/mifaxetenawiwadogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/wukum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4126126af---46488567354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4b02024d7---gasetasitudoxufesewukaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.foundationofhope.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608028d13d36f---balaremijira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbbd83cbe4---72975558282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/mikedijobibilirexopofivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/34724119926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpital-sulecin.pl/images/fckfiles/file/masefobopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6abe48a39---53178535647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0252669f36---32107027421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace781f0a12---73497325307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.de/userfiles/file/76058505711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/11436470668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a4dabd95e6e0fc7e7876627f06887dc/nalaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2211dbf31d277bee7200d3ce17ec1d6/12471234265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f802.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF802 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011019.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11019 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 6335dda7111849e0f9db0dfd59aa0368deda51d2b22cb38891cff74877f737ed
font_02_sfnt_off00012986.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12986 19756 bytes
SHA-256: 3fc1687d2bf6ec9ecde0e69474a7f5d18407734834f733242b08d43481e576ee