Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a26afa77be144816…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-07 13:14:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 911b81ceb8094c4b48bbd904bec009fc SHA-1: e3c419c398902e08738b1665fd5dccc1c853c43e SHA-256: a26afa77be144816018b9902b0d9f58c6e4fab2258e35b09d593e79d539fbfac
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and link farms points towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=merchant+of+venice+class+9+icse+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0tp98bg95s4vbu7jmfal2hp2j/85308483178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a813f73fead7dfa6cde11f7a822c83d/dibazixisejuporevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locum-system.pl/userfiles/file/tetutarotasoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/sekewotowokijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hb1004.com/userData/board/file/lafegini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/fijejawazurapawesosoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c04459f91---19003557949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05f1d4e0e07e28aa9c99d0d908fec72a/vifalewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18c98e3e30d478d25063d0fbffb549c4/bitutorosibewewir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/vixonevune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871ec27b9fc---wadifajedezebomibuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rh4-h1tapi-turbo.com/contents//files/minemilatototivegitifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paymentor.nl/uploads//file/53786128187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/163aae3457fc8c7f5abc31e2f56c025b/45307274813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpetersame.com/clients/9/91/91902b33218228c9a3691be2563b71f1/File/rinafikimasatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c821ca7fa9---18433519627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bepxuyenviet.com/upload/files/saditakagomox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fae419afa2db74aff0ea4aaa9dd05bda/xibukutevademitegalawimiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608010ee2b492---duxeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/femeborexupawoxojovifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whs1963.com/clients/7/75/758a827d59fb1c2827eec60421ffdc22/File/2880874226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanmusicfestival.com/userfiles/file/wiresipiveli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3onolkvh010su91hemqcf700mo/rovavopuget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba076baec21033fc7bfd88534d611dc0/70385949861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092918891671---61435566446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prinsart.ro/uploads/files/numikeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/xafofewinuxulotipokuk.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_off0000ef3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF3F 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 1dee7488af26f24d734756e6de6df8e42683425cc129152428700859b9517e9f
font_01_sfnt_off00011cc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000134d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134D8 11176 bytes
SHA-256: da6d4237d91cc6b8b5d8ff6f5513caba44f829a4c0e9fbab1ab5eb1e0a890861