Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80468eb4d4c50588…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-08-05 00:23:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 52c9a6da0594c526dcc4cfb8cbb0d251 SHA-1: 37ae1a991926b865aebd348d2d72626bfe1ecd0c SHA-256: 80468eb4d4c50588ebc11973431e30e88a0e1a2c2ee53e475f377d9adfa6a2a2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the link farm structure is a common lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://fotofidelity.cz/userfiles/file/tugafiw.pdf
    • https://serini-cloud.pl/uploads/editor/file/mejofugoxutumoxeluxefotok.pdf
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872684da613---46248145774.pdf
    • http://ifa-astrologie.de/userfiles/file/bufakametiloguvixorinodi.pdf
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0192498700---tawamilavuwukobejeponesep.pdf
    • http://placc.info/up_image/2874754697.pdf
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29f26e57f8073f1007a380e0bfd83f9e/zonilosutifos.pdf
    • http://efsanepin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/69239788564.pdf
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949f9cda67a---11820428249.pdf
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d44f19ca0b8c3a197399fea1f98c45a1/1614919709.pdf
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09f1a4f7f86321ab9378621fe8ef7ce9/biwewiliraket.pdf
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9df8d271b04919e94cfed5aae533d59/bufovewakuputisigopap.pdf
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822ce28854d---bujogafezobapiz.pdf
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adcb703e597---66718191399.pdf
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb43b03237e---5468576011.pdf
    • http://summitremodelinginc.com/userfiles/files/tajaboxa.pdf
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/28579096533.pdf
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97afeacaeb7ca5f039c596795f8d4bee/67372331580.pdf
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/14105880814.pdf
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da07589d0e1abdb47d351b07b6698d5c/wusodiruzafawulirowefom.pdf
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098af12582dd---filazaxolaguzigapudal.pdf
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0db60ffc4---7538865584.pdf
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36eaee829b41d11603d4341fdb5f217c/solefod.pdf
    • http://ntep2008.com/UserFiles/File/6375104040.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=betty+azar+understanding+and+using+english+grammar+5th+edition+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010cd8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD8 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000124ea.bin
52e83b8440cf5249084717ccd5d7c97497f8b4c9bd05a33a061b76c6df82deb8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124EA 17568 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000152db.bin
4a365619be3de7e5a3309db99d6e5bd4e634ebc4cade2305c07cb9a83d09c47c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152DB 11408 bytes