Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a26dbd65ed9ab08b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-09-14 10:02:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8104584a1212bbf8aad2b7ee0ed2da74 SHA-1: 2ad3abba60e10f7f3509f20b7a2902e9074de0e9 SHA-256: a26dbd65ed9ab08b607745b4f4604b4f0aa151a9fbd298b55ad726b90ae92f16
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9906

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sofia+coppola%27s+little+mermaid+full+movie PDF link annotation
    • http://kiiga.ru/userfiles/file/90695685621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tongdaidoanhnghiep.com/app/webroot/upload/files/movokafevatimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softtox.pl/new/userfiles/file/fufoxusilinokitiluzeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34541328422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f52c921d63c23145f43fbf980a79d2f4/dopajadetifaxeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sogukupazumutefuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chunmianxian.com/upfolder/e/files/20210903150012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/37006156400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iscyber.com/userfiles/files/90019479866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a11c32e86---lugobakubolixosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shippingengineering.com/files/ckeditorothers/89929357760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lomasdelaweb.com/userfiles/2008.09/file/5895072009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/42460472960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutrizionisti.eu/public/thread/risorse/file/50785429089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coolscape.info/images/files/mulabewuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optometrystaprzemysl.pl/userfiles/file/21799810964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.nl/userfiles/file/4192192197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oasis-travel.ro/files/pubeduzajefuwezarana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/883066c299d1289a609d2cb2e5b4a4ae/lumorodikaduwuvatowesunun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq.bmtinhoc.vn/InteriorWeb/images/images_news/files/jadew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.de/userfiles/files/20156157889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30323409419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12tiga.com/contents/files/70656434079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peusch.lu/userfiles/files/77072689665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weiddy.com/uploads/files/202109121649173004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://excore.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vinijewasodoxedelofisabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idrogastermoclima.it/Utentifile/FCKPage/file/pudozapadazosulikuwobiv.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_off0000f653.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF653 10952 bytes
SHA-256: b187ab329ebdd9dcd705d13b622da406d51a03f6285503968b72c15c4e5de755
font_01_sfnt_off00010fcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FCF 20496 bytes
SHA-256: 2371ce039d155024d77a9ed0c9dfa22ea8184a20d3183715c3533400da8a2477
font_02_sfnt_off0001460a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1460A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1