Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26df1137ee21a8bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:32:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a1bedecae178e11cac5427672ef3156e SHA-1: c14264d5c4864625740eafcbc05df2d055ef5f46 SHA-256: 26df1137ee21a8bbc6b825995836105baf1bf80a8c0b4caaa2f57c7843d3869e
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ClamAV and an ML classifier, as malicious. It contains numerous links to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to host malicious content. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic for tech support scams or phishing. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the callback lure strongly suggest a phishing or scamming attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://markjfox.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/63424338064.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rv0rs5q1re6dn23svsgj3eobd4/meluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rapabzenec.cz/obrazky/files/35196510335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebd.su/UFD/7623/files/dulewesajadabud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukkies.be/userfiles/file/sinefub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408b3d64d61---xarusisab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landonintergroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dinom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongqinghaohong.com/upload/files/felofusiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipadel.com/userfiles/file/39150684087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinazzjx.com/d/files/76241932788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelikonline.ru/content/Files/dopavatofopoviju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crocepadrekolbe.it/userfiles/files/vojavomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lednotice.com/userData/board/file/57317752910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.su/userfiles/files/rujurezabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a51268dc9a---15357643663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tverzhilservis.ru/foktver.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miterebexafimofuzojosekun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettosirocco.it/userfiles/files/25536779472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimura-shihoshoshi.com/userfiles/file/82016445579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michaelwilliamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/51089957610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saveurspoitoucharentes.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sopasixejimudaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyliver.ru/files/files/73996401493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb1c3b9601---81902719540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/lawugobubit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrocom-spb.ru/userfiles/files/mopubelowowulemokufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weilmclainboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/buzilolovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=google+finance+android+applicationPDF 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_off0000ef2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001073d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1073D 19056 bytes
SHA-256: 7708afc3a4c8c8c6f421f96c3bdc66927a389da2a235a2bb46e642ef81ccd0e4
font_02_sfnt_off000138a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138A5 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 6ff3fce8902976cad4bdb8d2ff0315372dfa24fefcf683d3026e11e8e062add5