Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b80b3bc1e95feea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-07-26 23:52:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b13b4bbdff9a8c90c5ff8aa5d25a87b0 SHA-1: a2f26d2b548d6f644170c2758be740d370403279 SHA-256: 1b80b3bc1e95feea4a53cec9d3c113bc1aa5a48dcfe659896f28f45422ea21e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories suggests an attempt to host malicious content or further payloads, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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.
  • 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 http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d37ea0335---40161555029.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ec79c90c5---jowanesaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d2abb9bfd---xunesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e418b414a082b521b61ac0beda839a6/94779595702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f29517d3b1f13882f848b4021e7edc5f/87329648202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71549680742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73sonsdila8tq8bb278b5jd3ap/37611774205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/77029245024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7dbd1f3071---ragapezezapujugonekago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesemlak.com/test/images/uploads/files/54075536505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquamedia.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xikira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aygroupmuh.com/image/files/zokewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oteliapelsin.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30000274927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiaranannini.com/userfiles/files/34376315786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/70669109213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadmoor80.com/clients/866172/File/33878911464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalpr-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0015634001624246353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kmr4o8psi2ngq7s9np5e1et669/313216334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremedriveline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gibomezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyanko.com/userfiles/file///zizudebidevexanen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southwest62.com/clients/6/66/666176aa584decdbf8d0f1e9213c5ee1/File/76911612675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/80411565926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boderiwakob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaneighbors.com/userimages/vetivixadelafatewiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098771dc5eed---59862447141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5cd9ef23128310f6fa86a97205ab404/dejeguruvowixexuwobupov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=ver+pelicula+completa+de+vicente+fernandez+el+cuatreroPDF 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_off0000ca5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA5B 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 9634189f450c23cbffb21a8f0fc2e823b9df497e9165bf59be17b8266f30bcff
font_01_sfnt_off0000e346.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE346 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB58 16876 bytes
SHA-256: 9e7697a10f6c96bcead7e740b9bfc0c1fef14e1091b1f872874a42fc10ffcde9