Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 826bb457699cf8b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-08-07 15:13:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a57a1ab84a3399e1e9d266d76c80a3bb SHA-1: 5902090e2fe1d90387cb9fb9d91c90b5c3d7859c SHA-256: 826bb457699cf8b67745e4ae87d015126f5be4d98fc5d1053b6b899968262d83
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, potentially a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ac16f30cc---43377593909.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/69068686326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugrctrani.it/userfiles/files/32693788892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe4859757f---30953103630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b142ae2a1a6f1c0e055eb3d79d258a38/93757913059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a8fa4a98f---75030238356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d84e60a2d---fejamakovaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/55980133893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rialta.ie/userfiles/files/88393672592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graficaeformazione.it/userfiles/file/sinejomebozulosuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed058487bdf72aebbe5f36394dbbaa4c/jiluwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/60035363617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armenia4d.com/contents//files/zometexibap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/bobenijasib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210614160112_own2a3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d681cd2c90c---niduboludemabizuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/xotirukakar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe6d7a2b947741a51a82a3a6108028c5/mupogowuponofanoniwalijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/67887867729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrieshorst.nl/images/uploads/file/gukefumano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bda97b3af7---tavibof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonlittlesun.com/upload/files/gaxetaxarijibogakevowoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1168b82f0---29451850380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d039a9b45a---newejazexaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=tecnicas+e+instrumentos+para+la+recoleccion+de+datos+resumenPDF 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_off0000ffa1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA1 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 0fc62f5494668288375445f5586dc86303c1735c41b8945e8d83b969684ca072
font_01_sfnt_off00012ba8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BA8 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 065575572856882cb82d9a9a44ef8a77ae4b92444da93f4536802df40f947d70
font_02_sfnt_off00014452.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14452 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1