Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b26b3cd333a04ad2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-26 03:45:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 08e8726398770fb5cb6c7a23c87bda52 SHA-1: 8a54d4878f8490af3b0a2d4f50afb33160480806 SHA-256: b26b3cd333a04ad27eb6acc5d814a5dd851f427a994b4edc700810be5b475174
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate it uses an image-only lure with clickable actions, typical of phishing. Numerous embedded URLs point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+madea+christmas+musical+play+online+free PDF link annotation
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130acf397963---96646355106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vangphutai.com/images/uploads/files/17929381664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/80782408853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137fc34a2e3a---19879673444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/90225105275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saothienemb.com/uploads/images/files/70984887066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mojahotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xebukurifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10playsolutions.com/clients/softklk/documents/_articles_/file/52989186797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/36887788803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161463efb3d039---pevojeduvabulufedesuguki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doremimarlikinsaat.com/userfiles/file/8171570104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://373113.linker.tw/files/bejepedoluwazume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herium.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_881B85C69894E712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c63245e600---jikinuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89620556891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esvigo.com/upload/files/palowavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voyagevietnamlaos.com/hinhanh/file/86606358798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namratalakhotia.com/userfiles/files/mujadujugefutereva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a3091eca3d---poweloko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemicalengineers.ie/images/58817934783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/97194117061486eb13742a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjqyms.com/filespath/files/20210910154523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myvideoclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/fizinexenemojojafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17559664468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajarnveerapong.com/UserFiles/file/4716149688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigbulkbags.ahmadpackages.com/survey/userfiles/files/47585340364.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_off0000b143.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB143 14340 bytes
SHA-256: f74283bded5fed8d6b8d013e92c88218da6c55094b9775221ccb22fd111dcf2b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d56c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD56C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED83 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 4c0b983ed9d57311f0b6e8ef22a6f45bd4e1b851b87807df2ffe68d1481a6db5