Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26d0b4d596e4570b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-07-06 09:08:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 183e257fd4df46f3e3248bad6fce006f SHA-1: 7d923dff48efda1a7bcbf9a11eda95370b72a934 SHA-256: 26d0b4d596e4570bddb6a15d6b0e8ab4f0aab94224602991b2f2a4641a9ea38a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, strongly suggests a malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further corroborate this, indicating the PDF is likely used for phishing or to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating malicious actions upon opening the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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=adding+mixed+fraction+to+proper+fraction PDF link annotation
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/temijigimafojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d2e5e53568ebed678bfbaeab3c4932a/41643067689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989ba28616b---bidojoxogotik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunglam.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/72347744561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ii0e2omcl05cloq1h8m0n2os56/17057724388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6til2s990dqekd1msvp3u6hfe/vikupebapimaxemago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrosedale.com/uploads/files/buwuximuxukuxuguwujitoweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc2ec4cbae---ronelofumupuvipedub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardsonfamilyreunion.net/clients/7/79/79e100fddb184f5a3447a495e7c481fb/File/demupitilufefonotanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5d1bed9b0---wisaxilivoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ultg2h7grj6gpr9nsov3orpuif/nusuridivalisazifutaxufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/rojizanisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/xabofozolenuvebutefipoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sls64m3kq3h12t6j83jmackebn/nevud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cfc446a390---gosibisosewavoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwong-cheong.com/userfiles/92513386165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutphinsgermanshepherds.com/clients/21958/File/9588953497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalenzyme.com/uploads/fckupload/file/muxefegexuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800695bc0a3---dorobojogubafaxepokunowab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f88935c01dc02e515e3d6ca2b3bc85cb/93942102931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rqc8pec0kh4pq9ui80vre7dtu/16105221370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/divcnh6rjissnbn3hhjjjkh94c/92872591998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/3413652080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2e148bc90---12651087909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d649b4cca3---44218238919.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_off0000da7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA7A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f28c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28C 17440 bytes
SHA-256: 19a3daa837c48e1334d1c52ed265955976a7395fe09ade7edc55f57a82ebbcee
font_02_sfnt_off00012055.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12055 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 7d13b80e6120a3f3df7e9ac1e374520add961d7f592513a6639ca6ac8970ee26