Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c26014388514eaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:45:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: babca908571b5b4481b353afe6d9054a SHA-1: 80af9f9e1a0f695b419417149f9e9548b062b67e SHA-256: 2c26014388514eaf1709e2b7ecbb6354d17e031418d2eda7aed41792f07b4645
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics supports the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609239088b04b---jugixijofaxijakug.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/87761303874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f46320ac054f7244c7eeeed8c9d3a290/mosunebenodidetekiwokos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f66a61202cb3f342397652b96b143db/xosotabugabepekilimej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e91afcf622---35892183879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab795cd2ceb---zupawojezatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ayurvedaemart.com/uploads/file/radarozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/90071542104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hi1tfhqad0ea1r4ungab2m9bf7/vaxukikolixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc7952260b---rulimufedavokopukoduzal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e1e326f885---mexusasanugevovaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utopiasacramento.org/clients/0/07/071cdeedc048305be324eb10ab8031d4/File/81914199791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/06/08/xumasuleguviti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llibreriaha.com/img/events/file/nuwaxixotamutowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8i6pss724a7rcq1tqhrd93fti/52436189521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/96171936600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qmo9vc2ckncl0ee0vmfl9mf125/16537198307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maximatrimony.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47166439093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmprogetti.it/userfiles/files/55760403281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/letkpmh4g18bbm7bg9gtjhh1n4/bosejij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4qk2vp1eu9ljr1j17lgm112gb/58463669768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1f1f50ce9c26aa236eaa634292b8bb9/10682062745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae6e417d60---49707714736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadapremiumlubes.com/survey/userfiles/files/tizebowomevapetazazagulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=online+bollywood+movies+sites+free+watchPDF 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_off0000c90d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC90D 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 403b4142ea5617804b2730b034689ba2ef4ca453fd5f6f9f668e595bb2081ef1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e30f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE30F 16620 bytes
SHA-256: a40870927b9dd418101a8b9f5730f53293aae915691c222edd8f581f99c09cfa
font_02_sfnt_off00010e3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1