Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26e57627fbe5cf62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-08-24 02:10:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6ab4b4fc3c54d30392f33d5903cc976d SHA-1: 4f325e275ed3bd7c91a0cb8e24ecda0090bcc8b8 SHA-256: 26e57627fbe5cf626e798daf047a59db80f838708c4494a8e986f34398ca03d2
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's used to distribute or host malicious content. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7717

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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
  • 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://soflcops.com/clients/83267/File/mefuxotejuxozutemanaf.pdf In PDF document text
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    • http://srsheicha.com/uploadfile/file/lurusibufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/18391213430.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/33769211131.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • http://v-lukomorie.com/uploader/files/22211436490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkagenap.com/contents//files/61809062774.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/313fdd1f10faac06375c3cdf3c58c761/15862142036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyingfish-stay.com/userfiles/file/38620108812.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://bikidi.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/22701046077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriabosini.net/userfiles/files/19539904148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emke.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/venup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609efcafe5e98---45831519426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15dad4dccf---83944043257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockpapersun.com/upload_mce_image/file/zufejefevurebakumimerobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=environmental+problems+and+human+behavior+pdfPDF link annotation