Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c26ea6fd1ab19387…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:54:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2af69bd15c2af2674b87d2a86eb0d298 SHA-1: 4e02e34da5dd2d0454c0b170c7d250a2ad020b66 SHA-256: c26ea6fd1ab19387fac16f5849d95e1ba748c4609b358742d297640ca2c6513b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or appear to be part of a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to these malicious URLs, likely for phishing or to download further malware. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=teufel+raumfeld+connector+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/dutatuxorego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duetsepolno.pl/userfiles/file/pilabigegiwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blatt-gruen.ch/files/6793068958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceadde63132---52403637488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/749929b335f2a5e00715977df217087c/75793621764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b75dbcc9c07dc6e41bffdc628771db53/nigeferuvogadav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984bc77de1f---rakozurunegufutopowugebum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decorstore.eu/upload/file/47594405965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rougezenekar.hu/files/file/64053101417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com./blog/images/file/31415917553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0684f07f1de12e15a92ff164e8254451/1352424817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruntbudowa.pl/files/file/98467214887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swagath.co/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewosajebitanidevebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shahnawazonline.com/uploads/files/balegelezewav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/4969690597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/moduwifekazutabozifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eca54a1c48---59036669304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7279ef3c9afbe317208a755757d585e2/rumoloretidorubasafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsongpharm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/marirorununufikurul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4tqp3rjeofkmdfs6rfv4av3151/telopavik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/215d10a82d285e0dc0596304efc6e410/tobakifewitiwatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f153c983c2a137ef55106bd0a85e9f2/rekobuwuzinijufeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/vomuletu.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_off000120a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120A1 21460 bytes
SHA-256: cd625c9c462a6b8c56c215373a52e88c5259ada4f5486d50e1c1d8662993e3a3
font_01_sfnt_off000156bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x156BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016ed4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16ED4 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 12dded71cb133d5f7b0c9907616273506736b7c09181d0e1a2d8d2f650e4a705