Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c80e54a492e3224…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 20:21:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: b4bfb97b310bb2e0516f8db10a82e88d SHA-1: 550a2a67966da66b94be79972d36bf31555b2141 SHA-256: 2c80e54a492e3224d4d172da6ee84091d76550a11ecade2c80ae835aec36c67d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and contains embedded JavaScript. It also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The presence of JavaScript indicates an intent to execute code, likely to download further payloads or redirect to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9926

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 https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbaa5eccda8---34421850257.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e5e44b6ddc---37680473202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607756168668f---xokimusurama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6666acc8b6---1896375901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/tejefado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/20649764982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846d21a2f80---nevoxenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad0802bd5b45a2c607e1f3f927212c74/lofemesox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8bbcaa2ecd6829d9d4f41fc3ae20938/jadoduwitefufevumuviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086290dcc40e---mujisiduxepogarotine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/52644231664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvb72vkva3n709nhtk9407esl7/porotagabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4cd39cf038---85338874404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086756941659---7705088910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/giwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atonoserver.com/userfiles/file/47217941652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86944174173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilephleb.com/clients/2/2d/2d2188d13063160162e6e2bbcdac547d/File/6195665698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fly.no1-yes.com/userfiles/file/joxizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1neo4g982i0as3b8p0ikccm633/regurovosogepuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/83223333419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d0a53a5243---labixukuwagon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralgiving.com/media/userfiles/file/diwamora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d03ee8f00d5---vedut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=the+triple+alliance+and+triple+entente+were+formed+through+the+signing+ofPDF 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_off00013a77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015289.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15289 17592 bytes
SHA-256: eb53bca3562aba6b0fda6edb770be7caeaa230cb24a1e82b3baee399fac45ef3
font_02_sfnt_off00017efb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17EFB 11216 bytes
SHA-256: d3d8427020de5e96d204290423f62b354b593af8490b5ba32651c3334d565196