Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26bd5d4d675cb0fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 09:14:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 31b7e081d7c89aa9db27c11eda2eb59c SHA-1: 998224ab51d92dc34d05e2cb73b6066a55b58a6c SHA-256: 26bd5d4d675cb0fd5880c6d40192af45d72a129632dd2cb59e6c3ad3c8147675
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics suggests an attempt to leverage SEO or compromised sites for distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ebbers-schilderwerken.nl/uploads/files/94146407495.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://naturalwonders.com/uploads/files/lonubewowunul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/59989496411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibliotekaszamocin.pl/img/upload/files/zereziganerasawekigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc2dc2acf7a0592f1f56b082224f20f0/41801055280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c660aa8b7f---32702483708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosushi.com/uploads/files/31373603164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a591ae065---kedumuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seychelles-resort.com/images/blog/file/gofeseferazas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130dafdace8f---luzarajebulisulimejema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/97570671638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///2035874771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161459e8c1fdf8---nuzupimatomijodopanunes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-stainlesssteel.com/uploads/image/files/19225277294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/janelojabiseletexejajewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bk.knu.ac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fezokefumititadotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-spa-resorts.com/dok/43256536456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614464f6c6c81---vezerusizesorutisof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassagemodel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16813941550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614553be6bd17---xaxesitik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soundspace.eu/Upload/file/wevag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syarmarka.ru/userfiles/files/49372545508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deleeuwputten.nl/site/data/ws/files/59643994296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/588170501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=jedi+academy+touch+apkPDF 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_off0000e073.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE073 10660 bytes
SHA-256: c715a6acb3581b236aa3dca0d77b9f9a3e0d0ea30c534849fa9b4aed966b40dd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011106.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11106 18456 bytes
SHA-256: e6351e2c1379e169a322c3c5a30c63f35684447bcf00cbec0ce9e8763e48fc23