Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b424e26bee995708…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-05 16:04:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5c20a76cee8b9a40c6bcf70ac65c12c3 SHA-1: 917dbe3b556be458eb14eb6abb8a483a4d550024 SHA-256: b424e26bee99570840f85bbd50dd42981be3f40287a2a3d6d3b25c8ca2ac3fab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The presence of a 'download button' lure further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://drironcat.com/images/file/86346658587.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p3885mue32unl25oiqv0dbu1lp/zulabovovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/itdhu6dk0hndej53ghp1j3d61h/buximopudokufajatenevig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/45250176695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1v41hggp89dpp0viqcfql74ck2/zapud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42770124736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c89942d1bb2819f22f12b4c068f67a24/raperodesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/89348500767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f7b35170f---11422290949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e270e97214---60037220030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a58d93a3730324bab746f38323ee307c/jigudewos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d301d5f1de---wesidisevexiraxiruki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzweiss.at/kixozep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dancleland.com/img/upload/file/6967754555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/lolenigobaponoxuluwisosoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03357e3b4a0de93ca8d7e6b36889464d/98065665917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/xeselipusuzifuvajilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f27901eceb---30773412170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c91be6cfa58ebeaf5ad254c609a940ab/87987667527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5302734b7fdc7ee5f2530e4829ca776e/zavuvufufuredegiwusex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160976d026c392---25040454927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079667b07bf1---gevor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/46459303454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=the+perfectionist+streaming+vfPDF 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_off0000f910.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF910 16988 bytes
SHA-256: 67870c5f86c152146f382ba865906703816c50006209b21754dac678b3b4d68b
font_01_sfnt_off00012558.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12558 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D6F 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 5fd407d68b9e3b9ba01821f0759697bb2900e19d718b98adf5607b025b81c1bc