Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b26548a0ef5fa9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 18:59:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e080ebe8e188f4ae6a6bf9978936217c SHA-1: 6113fd7e4bcd032199c3a11651152c7d420d8071 SHA-256: 2b26548a0ef5fa9efdc8e90e68c7d03c156ccacc97698a25cc82c2ff8b3640fb
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to install a fake browser extension or update, a common social-engineering tactic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chromecast+laptop+to+tv PDF link annotation
    • https://giga-tronics.com/userfiles/files/68451311833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75668dfc36f169546132cb2e035446da/71240368786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tootingtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/vopawefef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungtamsangloc.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/24447190885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613656867629d---75376288135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indobaliart.com/sitefiles/file/junibug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161404b97183b1---wopovebefidaludom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconfam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dobupulalenuxekojawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/dajaxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://servicepapik.ro/files/60014296863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benedictinoselrosal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pagosebalisuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muragumijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34c8ea3737ded3bc88c73d0107b17f96/16782596570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sospapa24.com/lib/ckfinder/imgupload/files/42154507483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04afa148efefce63a0e7485522d9a70a/zoxomejep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d6e1dd32e7---98313350629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktogel.com/contents/files/danosafobawugizivigugesis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/45475625720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdravi-kromeriz.cz/files/file/58180503806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imi.vc/upload/files/36000584929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofapas.it/userfiles/files/87507657067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135a26d13547---nenetudufoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90afqerdlt1f.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/witojolisudavige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd4506a7f3e05061d7e91daa6a53d739/53221583817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn--c1acndkmcarx.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15427956133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b83d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB83D 16544 bytes
SHA-256: 6b6920677183fa38cb923e564bdd125245b0c5596946881ec35d7695cc4f3de6
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fafd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAFD 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 77250cd459b4cc736deeffa8e2165973502f459eb4c104372f485d4d2b48c563