Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2080f802850a42cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 05:25:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: ad0edbd64883b1ce4fa255bc2b52a178 SHA-1: 68b2ba083dc60c4b05d987244aa5a1d4d7226be7 SHA-256: 2080f802850a42ccdcb6cf7b707e141dd206a66d47af83185eb28bb41764dd9a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites utilizing the Formcraft plugin for file uploads. These links likely serve as a link farm, redirecting users to further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing or trojan PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d1fd7a4ed---zokunagepoxidafunan.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bakuleremuxamevovomubase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3042e1b372---tegebazorupimemepibasigem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092635e52e7c---78325519183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aclamerica.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/suvedesunesag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/biveduronema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sk9p8j12p786uajcp1l9cono78/vomotikofutat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088debca3912---5370006642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57b7168c30629c0e2fd2fe1a56117479/xusururidufudatotenul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s4donigq7pbmdij83ms3tqih05/75004583196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56ee1d3935b43bd25d00128f2975a533/17952287578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808bfc127d2---xuwenogovubivimot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ski-experience-japan.com/images/blog//file/49393818757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0g6jup8u067g9tiv9ks92ss326/90448445967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ac13201507f4af7ecf6e57fa7dca35d/wixebalutesapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/663g4gorvv7l27vee4fib2mah3/nipuwutazibopejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcbaa4aeef620a64396fc8591afd7be3/jabibeniwovemovaranonuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758deef3b2b---73189189509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d608320250---52181875102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090846adb5a1---85221342135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b771bf0bd0083a9c30303caec710a933/34934346792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah168.com/contents//files/17195445571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/77858552082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=penalty+for+using+phone+while+drivingPDF 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_off0000fc67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC67 16984 bytes
SHA-256: dd5c94d10e12197405ce2e9006df85ef88a6e2c0080a446e4501913bad98aa2c
font_01_sfnt_off000128f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128F0 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 882d18fe188e3104c84f165fbd174851228cc7f7978ebad3f5908d42f96d9654
font_02_sfnt_off000142d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1