Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d26bb083fd6e71fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:09:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 18d38f3cb3f38075ca568fd85cb6d0fa SHA-1: 59e2bcea6d2bb9c3df7fa8c2200c20c196fc40d1 SHA-256: d26bb083fd6e71fe5089f5f33aeb57a5f6fbfa4d8268f7521de6c60c45d40c0d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which host further PDF files, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or facilitate phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t49que8j258kgj9vbkob19oqq4/binazafizidelifo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wevubusamubozubugil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/31602529396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da362aeba28---18376091863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitm.ac.in/nitmeghalaya/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mowebibaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d844d6b1df---kunuposinuloxavepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16076b82aa43ad---22941111746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/19323540341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richfield1960.com/clients/865265/File/97567807467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/dexolutoratoxelewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8435011cedcdb2964d09f6ad225061c3/89051483049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/25256557560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasroglobal.com/userfiles/file/fatuluxegiditimadazuwunit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817e8b0cb70---39828669170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c998010b6a79b6695cef4a2733aad42/rozaxiwozem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxczx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210814_050247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc749bcfd8384908b4eabf76972fd22c/78811339705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzlpro.com/web/img/podborky/files/42166278115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b766b4816d9ed24a653d1c632f7d4442/posep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lignumweb.com/site/webroot/uploads/files/60745980840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e7638611463cbb9800f1c30036a81a6/74447563851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fisheaglesafaris.net/pics/user/file/gamesobujag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606df0a7d5edf---99335566335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=method+statement+for+painting+pdfPDF 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_off00011bab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BAB 17956 bytes
SHA-256: c9db09149074390ff643e7331e32c741add31b1c0d7b2cac13e66cb2b9308cf3
font_01_sfnt_off00014a12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016229.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16229 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 7fbac6503392e60d5dbb3929448bcabbcb47ac5d548abc5b39755040654f00d1