Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26f2b91dbd16474a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-28 00:22:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b4a18ec5c8f2349e24559d25f16ba4da SHA-1: 7eddbc05389aa13c08f82168074ed0fa1dda0b2b SHA-256: 26f2b91dbd16474aaeff3b612b85224b016bca16a91c0606efaa08592d11641c
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to distribute further malicious content, indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier flagging it as malicious. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or download of additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/40597874552.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tsg-edinstvo.ru/userfiles/file/66536051378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chief-moving.com/editor_upload/file/29713068424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varosom.hu/userfiles/files/sibavudorax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cddfct.com/up_files/file/nilelidesiguwezuvogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayinntorino.com/userfiles/files/61191693329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/53331802835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/levolujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/6348326803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55ee2d49be---13433202113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45643422a19af8f9cee8fe6a0af7c82c/kebajoboxulepajubusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://progin.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sagaridega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100744619c97---fikikilazedujozap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/zodaperokarogiwalabiruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://risme.vn/files/42736384304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tinnituskozpont.hu/files/98309582088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e0408cc6b---wabulilakijilewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tnmkor.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210710_88AA6C65A199D39A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df552e46a2---woganewopuzumolujofesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csim.jp/ckeditor/uploads/files/zawoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e48b6f4616b---mevonikunupafapezesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f4597063a---zofefunadikugulupivere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081cfc6dc12c---ropexaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609085865a6bc---loranimolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimdaiphatsteel.com/Images_upload/files/80428962803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=modern+marvels+the+manhattan+project+worksheet+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000ead0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD0 17828 bytes
SHA-256: 491301094a908683034eb13c914ed2d27c64d42c02d36337858ca4f8fed7779c
font_01_sfnt_off00011954.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11954 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001316b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1316B 11168 bytes
SHA-256: e1410d48d2d54e38e4791be10e89eb28d99d76765c7b6dc9d4439c4bb674ce55