Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f26b37e7d9eab919…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:06:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 0d3c54d7443c84143c1aba04a51c3b46 SHA-1: 00d58cf2a978ab30bb7930831a8b55cde5d3be23 SHA-256: f26b37e7d9eab919c833b0f2525647d87f7f31493793afd9c46680732975c1a6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with high-severity heuristics indicating random and compromised CMS upload links. The PDF contains numerous external URLs, suggesting it acts as a lure to external malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of PDF URI and link farm heuristics points towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=thoptv+app+for+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ol6ug3c0js38m55uii2irnknl/91556112643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copelandreunionla.com/clients/6/66/66f6f3de7053633686652f51c4c00696/File/14210143448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapaliinsaat.net/file/30003162723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608636e854f29---2008128147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v52ja8rshgjrtk22ij3sgf3t16/fogenowetofukugov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd3be7a2f6---77888513613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfaf889d738---17714697816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retta-bg.com/userfiles/90760938971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0f7754336af7fb689260788e79e3937/73283200640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limitlessillusion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fedbbfbfae0f57df4b74762a809e8df8/tofifezopisakutabek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720a18b3803---98309833258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caa335ca0569f2bba44a9427b87d284f/56070218018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ddfe28d618b3636c7581acd9d4c9f9d/mogebetog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/66114279655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c877maf2k19o3f2o8k66t2qie3/39373309535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/mobimewoxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89dc875ffc1ed5d69cfb16721c2eb440/1628490121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ra1roqv7vdhg5hrnretvnl9u5o/94195381620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607158d1efa71---pusupuralozaraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/59040390189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43b2893f39b1b004d8bad427a0e5529e/42262301796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/tizos.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_off0000f148.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF148 10064 bytes
SHA-256: d533bb14a35f650a3a5f80b9d9afafdeb4f6b38a3c95494398a919c6abf56a82
font_01_sfnt_off000107e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ff4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FF4 17148 bytes
SHA-256: 034674963266e1c750b89b26dac46721e77dbe5c846911b0b0f6ab3c339870d6