Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26ef4cae34991aba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.5 KB Created: 2021-08-05 00:19:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2aa01d067cbeb2b72012c2d77469330e SHA-1: 9910164fdbff3d3c30281d4f9e360ffca28ae985 SHA-256: 26ef4cae34991abac65c1da552e86027e905fe71572a774ead4a9e32aa6db453
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains. This indicates an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://progetec.org/userfiles/files/memidexigonakiguzobi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pcwenhua.com/uploadimg/file/16270806881216203103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba87a8ba40---pejevagosomaguliveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/lebavaxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stuarteisbrucklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/foruzebopuzufobepege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tagoproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12130709568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31d114c45eca0db9b72d35d443d7dc68/wanekiruzegozaguvabat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108675e98ce6---25673968972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mileschapelcme.org/clients/9/9b/9b85db73e8c1d5ae3bc18b6db4f26039/File/bazuligefipalawukemixemig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/52931489496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/42619814105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1b847a6d8a9f82c3703f5d5ccac33ce/metujijalagon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julianowka.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87355965387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c40e93b8e04---folabavigix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bufibeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3befbbc5959f17bdbbc5208243b799e7/93127693489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/mogos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/jexulilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92aac7902e4074a230f2f22b9c11ee59/15190970743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c318d51742f---gajuzovudavifatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1k2r1b1qmt5bh8uh9gcafhov3/91927562569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasanisports.com/files/87992503151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecilingirler.com/resimler/files/98862645285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lsbwg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210624/0932167332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5df316d15d284800786cd24aea7fa37/96269320440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=iit+jam+2020+mathematics+syllabus+pdfPDF 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_off0001467c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1467C 11236 bytes
SHA-256: f27672f3459b25c083d7a69f8f501bb4df6b8f17beb79aeb4d8f654dcd003c87
font_01_sfnt_off000160a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160A3 17836 bytes
SHA-256: 755c8a248c04e08c13cd583edfc4390fc0c23cf142ffbaff4215352326bfc86a
font_02_sfnt_off00018f67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18F67 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1