Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e80dcd614b86033…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:30:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 77d8d33ea1f2190038fcf6fa083e7793 SHA-1: a21bfde0981bbd5caa92176b260af8400c5d3422 SHA-256: 0e80dcd614b8603358de9b8fe893e6fff88aba301fa9ba38e8436ee7eb470578
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Several heuristics point to the PDF acting as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ad8237efc---61919944864.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771705f224f---vuduvivetesonibag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3117f8583f4ba28441cd17d8723a2628/91090214664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbe9cec5d9---vidatuzikudin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85c19db5e2---vapepaderokorivivojoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents//files/gofawibijurifin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea98c4d369fd422e2b1551b0b53120b1/porefogitebolagidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marigabung.com/contents//files/85867485208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sporteambiente.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fusejolimog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b98f13a1dcd---xijowoxinug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5v96gbjjp7qft4ekhhich1p20i/tifufafunuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodottoitalia.eu/userfiles/files/poditapepilivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoretras.com/file/1260681995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmsenior.org/file/files/vufifujejumenerasef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a497b4c266d67ca6fd8bd4f2bb28567c/7442037218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents//files/63717433711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dep14kirov.ru/userfiles/file/46034125057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b1c0315e0---kosevuxebigerofemobofipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c09b468ef2d---70024631387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c4fbadfb04e4f78a120bfa9bfc99d94/39267292598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doorsatyrau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sidibakadakug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ea5af1d8ac39ff47c8eb81b6e143218/35463994251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anshan56.cn/userfiles/file/16300952081227120448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energooptima.hu/upload/File/55569664039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=food+service+sanitation+manual+uscgPDF 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_off0000dca8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA8 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 126a6e3224d788aa24d249b542f54d1e68c0c90df8fda8a79a4350a08e13b4aa
font_01_sfnt_off0000f581.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF581 18564 bytes
SHA-256: fca22fe0a48d010b183a9087c8974451767e05f70e55ea69883959039086bfad
font_02_sfnt_off00012596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12596 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1