Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26d3727fe45113b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 11:02:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: af5dd10da23c7d0182b9c0fbcf11b1a7 SHA-1: 92307134c5e9658a62997906c821ce44bf8af036 SHA-256: 26d3727fe45113b828a68487cabcc07c444d60a15408a654c43f903d84c2871e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The embedded URLs and link farm structure suggest the primary intent is to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=persona+5+live+wallpaper+phone
    • http://npcbalkan.net/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pivisunupimawafafo.pdf
    • https://gulfcans.com/home/madarmun/public_html/gulfcans/images/bulk_images/files/77750030718.pdf
    • http://screen.by/images/file/zuginaletabutiv.pdf
    • http://palestraarkadia.it/userfiles/files/86508834302.pdf
    • http://ebonit.light.bg/includes/libs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67794714301.pdf
    • http://www.kyousei-fukushi.or.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67540569777.pdf
    • https://zaindu.drogomedia.com/files/galeria/files/97110692283.pdf
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bppke66rclcr7pi0b2j3couf7/55051296677.pdf
    • http://itcck.org/upload/editor/file/bumigumalavuvidurevenanan.pdf
    • http://ranchobg.com/img/file/88881849575.pdf
    • http://cuacuonanbinh.com/userfiles/file/74626492926.pdf
    • http://corporatiegids.nl/uploads/files/80054882725.pdf
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354535ae7ae---382196049.pdf
    • http://fteq.ru/files/file/tubagewevefab.pdf
    • https://topclassgardening.nl/images/file/12607219074.pdf
    • http://mail.me.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210901_222551.pdf
    • https://wotfiles.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33860458025.pdf
    • http://xn--90aoj0agf7cq.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/26835255301.pdf
    • http://fsnmmaterials.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/kinulonizaxoxemufonere.pdf
    • http://dongzzang.com/userfiles/file///42283110281.pdf
    • https://fallsplat.se/bildbank/file/4399785906.pdf
    • http://liveranigioielli.it/userfiles/files/9634764653.pdf
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b72cec396d---17323155286.pdf
    • https://growyourmoney.in/userfiles/files/50214253114.pdf
    • http://bilafafafa.com/shopadmin/upload/files/85253139786.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db45.bin
cdc16026dbc174acd83caaf7945d3e198d1125465535c115ed03c0dac4aa3498
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB45 18064 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a53.bin
536282cb031caf1fef3592a5a6d5bc007ff7c80f1151585bbb491e8856311034
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A53 10540 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012258.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12258 16792 bytes