Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26ab2ca0440d75eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-07-03 23:22:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ee3103c6813d5637aaacde8fac887cdb SHA-1: 759a137af1f95c7c28065f57a83da0d2fc5b632a SHA-256: 26ab2ca0440d75ebc52f056bbdbffd008d2d10e1ca6043297f1f4ebc9c3339f1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URLs point to a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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 http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/37509309983.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2fd176ef57---febikatiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8uevcnsl5e5vp5nvd1g7lgjed5/nabotulogalilajiros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calendarsunrooms.com/userfiles/files/batepatuxonudunasoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3fd6406bd2---muvanewepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kdss5okno5ocbn6i0kepgrrvhd/tijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6120455818---mukenitewezomerefuvuziwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8a1dd3364235dc81199a50d8c6eec79/bemisafujivafijif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amblesidewindermere.ca/fckuploads/images/file/84909899497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dijitalsanat.link/upload/files/barugodifodivixerikatox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/915ced43dc69309425081c93160fac39/ralewegozebexepob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/6365515748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca3ed45bb91b4637f8c51e17bd5e068e/rijukawolajivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ac49d0dbb---zosigonix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newsru.md/upload/userfiles/files/17522169078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb8453a0f6---13388988763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles//file/41391014653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7db7aaf960---31247907066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klassn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/votokimijudipejodopemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ssm2f3gouh3ens285slpg7qct6/96417911990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721895923ab---fumozerozeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607900123f6ce---rabulovavivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1onsbqr63an2d0jvkjui3u7b62/wawadisukiburozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6624c413e5810d7c768016614c62d5f/43634925331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c986115e279792d2f8cc3c825590e06/wopufemasizaketoninikasef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m2rreadeqmppkgt4ogen0rchgq/24793966376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwpetersburg.com/uploads/files/97009552958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=creedence+clearwater+revisited+long+as+i+can+see+the+lightPDF 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_off0000c824.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC824 17548 bytes
SHA-256: 7cff8bc7439e252b9ea1a0a9b27cd51d2e7f79631d9f45f8e4b35ac5b4b004b4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5DF 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 98e2493fffbee0d05e4c3802f72a424602fec901a4d882623d85f389a4ac085c
font_02_sfnt_off00010eaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EAF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1