Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26fdad62b33e48a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 15:28:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: f55a5e07224e04041a81654bebbc36a1 SHA-1: 3798390c96a1940a10cf6fd5e45b9efeded71d7e SHA-256: 26fdad62b33e48a6cba9176a281a0ad34a09c45a3d1d5f8406cbc4ac87177478
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or facilitate further infection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 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 https://georeno.ca/userfiles/files/tavivon.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/60106017394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/67667391498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161302a153261a---vakebaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laetitiabernard.fr/images/file/73618597478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wiskind.com/filespath/files/20210908093441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.libroparlatolions.it/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dinirugikatifaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmercury.com/uploads/files/livixur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/870d9e6365923c83c870024961225642/5255170252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factory-01.com/js/upload/files/sazipiwujuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlevel.pl/userfiles/file/75277201958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enilubricantvn.hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/90189373282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.kr/new/upload/board/files/dazigivozadojotafew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officegate.biz/admin/fck_upload/file/75882147838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwbaltimore.com/uploads/files/31927879316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mixline.ru/img/lib/file/71017290765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketnoikienthuc.com/upload/files/78224723203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gico.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gojekovabij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10f00b895c230394b51459bc6f2502c1/89859089864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomaszbizon.tomaszbizon.pl/web/uploads/files/sefuwatasabigapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwama4.vn/webroot/img/files/34061028310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvssteelex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/widapupomizaxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umffz21.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89622266851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=pdf-parser+didier+stevensPDF 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_off000107c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C4 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 6e4692cafdebf3af8eb2bffe7f0910eba323c34ec1dada645f455ed873628bba
font_01_sfnt_off00011f97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F97 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000137a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137A9 19404 bytes
SHA-256: 88920aa2e3bf03999d7eb4c8e8fc630c4de26f390301dcdfff9709ef7982aeb2