Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26e80e2e619d6f79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:00:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2a97e527df9be540194a4d69e0165ed4 SHA-1: 7a7a373def8b0c65ab0736d56fa26e4bed8b2279 SHA-256: 26e80e2e619d6f793d6d6e3bf371edbb5f2f55130f72ef49e58100c91f2fe0f4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and link to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sample+resume+for+1+year+experience+in+manual+testing
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/47285396352.pdf
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5742cef819e867cb4e6c9a61474358b6/98397193741.pdf
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/45378746902.pdf
    • http://voszveszprem.hu/_user/file/tofojedenu.pdf
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834c2fb56a4---72121060310.pdf
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/11926489292.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2f2736348a---51000795089.pdf
    • http://www.nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rudozevimagedofoxigi.pdf
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/fubowubuv.pdf
    • http://www.minaakshimajumdar.com/fckimages/file/28594594076.pdf
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/90126354068.pdf
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e16b07c43526eae348aa17dcb22dc812/82193231916.pdf
    • http://rhondadejean.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lujuwugujikiwitizifipokiz.pdf
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/4494191205.pdf
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b14c8498584e929905659c0c526d4d2/10870705196.pdf
    • http://fmafirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/13318637579.pdf
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/62306538532.pdf
    • http://ghhs1968.com/clients/5/57/5762190d0a265df614d1f295a7060a42/File/30292037046.pdf
    • http://degeninhotel.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99304494942.pdf
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad94542886b---42802660559.pdf
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/wodowax.pdf
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76b0733540042b80fde68586a83fc7a7/zareloralivuzijojukibog.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_off0000d9b5.bin
9b85c5e2dd9d9fc4a35a6615b224d8c5b9b8956c53d1d8eab193fdd0db595226
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B5 18244 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010980.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10980 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012197.bin
92ae2de41b0f325135cd04b4155e2bae3ebb9f4dab2d6f8fc5c16ef22d94f688
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12197 11264 bytes