Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f26c8026afa5dfe8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-22 16:07:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ade6606fad5a44d161234ff89eda89d9 SHA-1: 8d9c753fdba9afd5893443bcb879dbe159157db3 SHA-256: f26c8026afa5dfe8dffd5f53fc1f701ffa204f08bea16b6d56dfd5517876038a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing lure. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. The presence of these links and the callback lure pattern strongly indicate a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+remote+into+android+phone PDF link annotation
    • https://congnghiepxd204.vn/upload/files/numeziwixopawuwulajibenem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143cd8b65647---49308861407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b1016bbb00---32662853981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.ch/upload/file/63263634713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccaquebec.com/userupload/files/lidikukaderal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bfull.ru/uploads/files/fuposafupogifirafetesekor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pravkniga.ru/files/userfiles/files/xusiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eirai.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mitila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunrise-photon.com/upfiles/editor/files/dujixobinoxalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hippocratio.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4361868542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/76488558880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lurozamuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613244b520a8e---92778037665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ventisilva.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39266757089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furnitura-syndicat.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/36701503687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/zejibasijubikofoziso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/sakamikepevakuladez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vantaidongsaigon.com/uploads/files/sijisirojibijanudubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coherence.cz/userfiles/file/3162926363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metalltechnik-kutschi.at/74042972212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fukaofoods.tw/uploads/files/202109081313084847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nmcs.ca/userfiles/files/zexoxovoxegumufoxalimel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149e70c3d44e---vukeberefekuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justbuymeds.net/userfiles/file/futawubupopewow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopabrang.com/images/files/31162411143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cybernet.asia/UserFiles/File/86558270438.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_off0000e8f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10107 17620 bytes
SHA-256: b39ce3a39acfa8da80a14b07b02fbb622b07a89e3e27c293872b31e55ae8d577
font_02_sfnt_off00012f22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F22 10520 bytes
SHA-256: d7ec047b90b7e16f9969dfae5b8790865264cc8232749f03b571812f9e44bc33

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