Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26fe23f8195ed483…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-08-16 02:37:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 001c3295e4a7655fde73decdd2595f8a SHA-1: ad197ab6798dafeae09f49f2a65666efe0252c70 SHA-256: 26fe23f8195ed48367dc2a4c9330fb09097d19d1e5acf66adc77a2cdeba8a413
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous external links are indicative of an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://csodamalom.hu/files/files/tisawadelu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3509de3f0---77933568454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd8af42c60---bajizukininumumuworugub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/816ca8e09fb19ee08fbf32d75bc6f9b5/sanolilobitot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyeetomsfishing.com/userfiles/file/zuserifapiwote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7jghpbpb97g4k50pak5d9d43ad/sozixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/29175604865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zub.ru/userfiles/file/wafotedipolozusekevulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9467add7fd---48021266983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b18e609d0---mivadimiwipufovodilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroear.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zolibodiwimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1df700aee---28759935072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umrllc.com/userfiles/files/wadutepuvameweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feg.vn/uploads/files/45587287120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/velarenuxanumowut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiqi-machine.com/d/files/42285871372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2fc0e0bac0---36580606189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210707_3810E1222984519E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aabd315cad5---73020394311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/56577313673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandraharris.com/clients/36054/File/baxezexizipowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd2a5985c69---27013383951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilsports.ro/userfiles/file///xajedovaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thompsonhigh1980.com/clients/4/48/48b9e10b24f1ac3c627dfd5bb8c45987/File/mavaguwagun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiegravesen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/papinax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=plants+vs+zombies+2+hack+apk+free+download+iosPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e6ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6BA 16352 bytes
SHA-256: 470e290952ef951ede6d6c7d5ca63c035db2632a033eb4bcd74a8159b858b555
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000114db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114DB 11452 bytes
SHA-256: ad6350ed3cd259079124ff3dd401f2fc59f318c132fceaeee035b7bda06b6ed7
font_03_sfnt_off00012fa0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FA0 17044 bytes
SHA-256: 85d35c363ee1533d91cf8b981df8ac4717acb58480b50ad3dee8c620a19daa0d