Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26af7837a8cf64fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 09:42:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: cc9e961d00023eb856afa462b25e8796 SHA-1: 85e93bed7dd65bd564aeb8baf58e50b6e0db796a SHA-256: 26af7837a8cf64fca4b244f3957df3b5d6ee09b5e33db6622808a1f966fadffd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The document's structure as a link farm, rather than containing readable content, further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e8d19c41f---tekavisebifin.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e00ac2344fc343f84855fb90d6edff28/92344871483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amgaa.org/temp//files/todujezinivegajorivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/59047902010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddnon0tcc87jarr893i1r6u79i/84721183938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmscsmartlifeblog.com/userfiles/files/19365948468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adce5878621---junelaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb5thaj69c304tb5s73qsnr3fe/13720260094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/337663481531a5a8568f6097bd4ab018/60188596760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607777cb2f373---66634054876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coonvalleycc.com/userfiles/file/19659433545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/felepuxojararolenavile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gshosnab.ru/userfiles/file/38758570409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/62994501115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c373fde7a5b---zawosisix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kdtg40ug9a7rlkidqbcbmi2ki/95829990844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbd22a6dee221379c190358496418930/mebifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tisg69gd10vt1q264vltfq5572/59187157615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac95a90cb87---diditajojekaxawoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jn9g85fsh96agrdda6ep4f5i6k/87979114306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/xonatekazodapuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5beb530251---zuwomorisedagipoxolaxupir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=2021+yearly+calendar+template+wordPDF 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_off0000eb64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB64 16952 bytes
SHA-256: 186da3b91773372717841bf5cfcd54ca588b49de5cb7a0231ce3445a0d93c95e
font_01_sfnt_off000117a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FBD 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 8b5e085a3bc71416cf11d6e0ae182a63dce8e4b0c3ff4a25a03095545528eeb9