Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cba26b5e36fec6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

158.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 11:55:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f285ebd23e59bc4835b7bda0b141c07b SHA-1: 68eedc3417d81b0fcf7cdf0456d14ddbad535f58 SHA-256: 9cba26b5e36fec6b5de22945d35ebfc72451d9865cf9c70f5af08a89458c8501
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a distribution mechanism for further payloads or phishing content. The PDF structure itself does not contain readable content, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9903

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 http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0be6da32ad---454623192.pdf
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d633dd53b---xifisovewelejatija.pdf
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfb9mds6oaivr4p0a3ejhjhgr1/depemu.pdf
    • http://phuwangnam.com/user_file/file/28063387281.pdf
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/307s6p8q27j3qqhc4dt5iukvaq/98705532612.pdf
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fq636hdgs1lgleqi239lvujprv/74008465442.pdf
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c04db681dfb---wozelivobabut.pdf
    • https://e-uchebnici.com/img/file/lapavufiduvan.pdf
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/leremezular.pdf
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b927af3e963---35723022512.pdf
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/jorakage.pdf
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/390e097b6aca65be888db3a94adfa0fd/wafokosujalila.pdf
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/guwisojuxudozejubim.pdf
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dinr42lnqljq6tt5n6apa0q030/powaxuwexexujefoz.pdf
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/texekejatuv.pdf
    • http://nhs1966reunion.com/clients/1/1c/1ca8f1639ee69cd7806809ed3bcda9bb/File/60910830291.pdf
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c12477e76---gesijufanefinamep.pdf
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b36f9cc85---89716763663.pdf
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a709c2fd4c69aa89cbf6d28784205e1/tivajixigujoriw.pdf
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f471191a43---97711073906.pdf
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/tagitowozigisufidosibitus.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b3ue07gtcrqeqen2ph9a8v7c5/dalisu.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f2c90c6cee3e0341e487d0d8aa8b063/26028422362.pdf
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/82161703542.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=debussy+for+kids
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0002072c.bin
454c0193a967a6602d6114e2ba8ab8a69bc5bf11f428543edadf41db30eb53cd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2072C 20612 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000239ca.bin
16e8e3b15a1d7993a5302a12f6a57ba384cb07daaa5ce6bb271d15ea265d961d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x239CA 10384 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00025171.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25171 16792 bytes