Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d80efcba6a56649…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-07-16 00:20:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: c072fefa6488dc35a30364cd250890df SHA-1: ece5408c0f8c7911121d81890f2eaf8c12fb769f SHA-256: 6d80efcba6a5664979e6254258e8bb62e7c69f9a434fc2af16337fb746d780b7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely intended to distribute further malware or lead to phishing pages. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://service-panev.com/userfiles/71706964537.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a53c38e41---31181912965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cec11749fe---tasodelumasazapaxisaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22e63e48da---20909653690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kp-bs.ru/upload/files/50150600317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dsgs6tsvfhnpjrkd5h60gg621/lamis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722f0d08499---sapotibidijokixedosut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abdd982f039---folopujamawasefilun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gillsandgeckos.com/userfiles/file/gibasuwadezar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ef40cbf6b---22606627388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celyroknaterase.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/67267439143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c759f6537bd---darepulok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webvitamin.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/gizaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/dofotije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/74942169732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbazainville.org/userfiles/file/mixupojelunanerez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tribo.kz/userfiles/File/80454554895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64a1cee329---15526433568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160845443ec022---wazajijivavizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avgdesign.com/userfiles/file/28820203449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160923bcf74e8f---pavufeluwovoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbchitchcock.org/clients/8/8b/8bdff38a390027835eb24981312b950c/File/fiwudozidoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0f0d37334---xefisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huthamcauquanggiap.com/upload/files/90936783013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=torrent+need+for+speed+pcPDF 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_off000107e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E7 18976 bytes
SHA-256: 4b81c391a29a6fe9e5b728b5f59db8ca7a54f86d518d3b1172c922dd0b16ddcc
font_01_sfnt_off00013a4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015263.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15263 10276 bytes
SHA-256: a67b1b3a90c34f743765316b4c1703bf29f10dfaa38fae4563f9152b2aef015e