Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26ee126e1ecdabc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:43:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 9d5804a7dccdd57fa05fd8cd96404d55 SHA-1: 2eecb9408667f85cf7189e704d0a02925863d3a3 SHA-256: 26ee126e1ecdabc43b42fb7318f8d4743ebb322cce0c578dae3b5a8c3457f2b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites hosting further malicious PDFs. The presence of a 'download button' lure suggests a phishing or social engineering tactic to trick users into downloading unwanted content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://kme.pl/global/app/webroot/uploads/file/16249962955721.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ad21286d69---loroxabobavefot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnkls.com/userfiles/file/1630451194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photographybynami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad3ec60f85a---32534243342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/860371723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dennehylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/49934785193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb7fd56802906fc9381ddebe0b9177e6/mudawawebunaguzurulunele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/31490147866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/sadufimezukefojim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents//files/wufekixunar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/gadikomutisixewirokimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9816d6e619---34577809537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dae0bde8bda---13011952537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0f3e77e97b---vugikevodefofirotoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhstroi.by/uploads/files/61983731444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2df26ceec5dc05820c8cae3edaf014cd/nobimurubelitijarokam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://next-engineering.com/userfiles/files/muxoderarisaxumezepogug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31fd1cbf56---83373926158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carroll1975.com/clients/4/4e/4e2b018d07aaa5a30c3e4fca1c7a8df7/File/72392239534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestrecycledautoparts.net/images_i/file/90600453467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/50202086903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capri.lt/userfiles/files/55342097059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunbot.com/upload/files/11266062604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trexanh.net/upload/files/jegatenipeledujemam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=rotate+pdf+pages+and+save+onlinePDF 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_off0000ea46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA46 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001025d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1025D 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 3edc3343bb332c69da038e3a48a06e59782736f04c1a465a9ef649a293c0434a
font_02_sfnt_off00011acd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ACD 17580 bytes
SHA-256: fcc73c31b666bcd35de68d78949f0e7c1a7836301367c8ac9f5aea293aa0d229