Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 826a4cbbc23ba754…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:47:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 36520ca0dd606ff5f5e2844cf7b11b0a SHA-1: d51a87a0c5befc9d9bda55644c09cbb663aa588c SHA-256: 826a4cbbc23ba754158123c01a8ec61d9faf1ac1c4a187353f056c9bf2262521
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious actions. The file also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious content or to phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=resting+membrane+potential+maintained+by PDF link annotation
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/93233059804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822e2c93d51---57088505586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a6284bc0d---22285886184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/45654320496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/tenezesizulusonatezek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.disbel.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/xalibaxejukik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluza-shop.ru/content/File/giwezezojexirovuvopamito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malovanesklomh.cz/images/file/49208216903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilksolar.com/Images/Media/files/57399985275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlkscholarshipsmilwaukee.org/clients/f/f0/f021f13c5c598389be7e913a1ae626ff/File/22371925958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2156d7d2024c97e3f40b19b7e711ba3f/monalanujifelusove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/623508e3ae680b4e51d064a8cc461dea/29712388970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f1e0f92dc6174da598acc1549207809/82438702606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjaproartis.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jekosekijarab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/45144613265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eldorado777.ro/upload/editor/file/dagugofogafav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a6fcaa371---lonegokineguru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc71f4f1bc---subanuxoxidaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locnuocvietmy.com/Images_upload/files/raxazefepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3add1bd7d2---4448015587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nmpleb7rjifpsg6b68nq90p2l4/61306265906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/21319034845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e83060a212---godenufoxofeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorumeo.it/userfiles/files/47155775584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ufmjrh9ekbt9hfmhkaa74bcbhl/zowanidokamezijiju.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_off0000e2bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2BB 11036 bytes
SHA-256: cc78d44c9a63db4ae6cc63932f00845dc8ee1d5bcdcb89551d18a9b633818361
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011407.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11407 17196 bytes
SHA-256: f54a8f984cabd57e1cacfa62fadd3300c5269acc5b90d2edf46ff2b7c2286eca