Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 426b24bbd901e05c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-17 00:05:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 73f6dac75611fa85f683e8140c162f8a SHA-1: 4f205736df48a8c4c708c39785abab20efec2cd9 SHA-256: 426b24bbd901e05cedf99965e1ce7d10c8df938cac90e9e181a15abba47286c2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and algorithmically generated URLs. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to download further malicious content, likely a phishing or trojan payload, from these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094918c9a6d0---vajazegulukapame.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/kizokawafareraser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801094635b8---vuwinukosefojudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyuangang.com/UserFiles/file///79984027108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanyoujie.vip/userfiles/file/39953747808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/xavuwuretonepunano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dnuipdhpg6ppa2mcbba29l3534/womuxafipoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rakkhunnursinghome.com/user_img/files/rurujolafosamedowafimat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87d7ad4d412fffe7d4563a0ddac7c4be/35696106309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b42cd4927231a3b2295c935a77d4c021/talovepakatixaroboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/jujeledes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074bbce5bfec---matedatebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paglialonga.it/userfiles/files/85435965940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a5f800258a1efddf063ba1dccc9c74a/83235572467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pallenberg-busreisen.de/uploads/files/gugojeloregevabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maisonforville.be/documents/file/73283483590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rpitrade.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86886311341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledesmasportsmedicinesavannahcentury.com/clients/4/44/449a5b3489ef279447e90cf6cdd72f1c/File/lalukelejisaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/79373551745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/76659796100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3b3777db72a7c308db041e33596c813/2423952471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmrkb9hsfdqpn0eksq2k9ouc5n/vawanedadog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0db78d0de93bc94f21474980df733f2/89044780718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=michelle+steel+familyPDF 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_off0000f133.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF133 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 652073b2bb1698c848fb2ae7763d21df30781a5521766c0eaac453932270a771
font_01_sfnt_off00011f58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F58 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 91975559a7c7a8fcc1fd76729e8faedc938068e1bce5603802c3a49f0ad08ba1
font_02_sfnt_off000136e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1