Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26f010076d9df695…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-08-16 07:43:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2a27af24029764723179330cffdd8bd7 SHA-1: 2eff2d3d3c455bc60526d07f7ce94355741e0854 SHA-256: 26f010076d9df69544c992714c8340a47dca932accd1936966b840e5f9861121
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with high-severity heuristics indicating the presence of random and compromised CMS upload links. These links point to external websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/59079695490.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/xogofusivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/jadobiremukufipesoguzosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asztromiskolc.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bisodojafaposu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b94283d91cfab87ac34cc6591fa6d6bd/3883474118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/86545317432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kop-trans.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/87031944581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7133c17fa4edc188f02577bf4d9329f/dajatizuzabosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attlas.center/userfiles/file/21871059028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/88246845787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacomportamentale.it/userfiles/files/7792266442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210803/file/levisok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/38712440489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b72d40d5416d1487477fcb75539508f/49026730715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7c3ce8cb8c8b98869a409183612e92a/5471829066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-cosmic.ru/sadm_files/10239654965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fw-simple.com/uploads/files/zuvitedofuviruwezadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsmsaldature.it/userfiles/files/vidorasaraxudaluja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c11eb35b2a9---29915521676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cftf11jacumfah4v1oros43v0e/fitetan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4a4b5bae8---1269468612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52a59d462eea6f62fd27790d23cac901/dasuvexepidafadixiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogaarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/wakojifoduninu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtaixin.com/HangShun/ckfinder/userfiles/files/denosobesujufigumaboxosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77ee7e64ac96d533b4eae297b6fc52e0/jezajamivapikipuperumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=libro+sol+de+medianoche+pdf+online+completoPDF 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_off0000ec9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC9F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104B1 18624 bytes
SHA-256: 57d47827b9dbb4f6e828f34158c1769f75de590d13a2d13a273c757f0f14fd46
font_02_sfnt_off000134f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134F7 10980 bytes
SHA-256: fd652889e411ad698c8e77b7dd0473c586ef78ad0412d8ef5c7b9e4619603054