Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80876d5e0848eab1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:55:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c7eb3d7d4a0764fca6daa733bb1e6b6d SHA-1: cf4d8c0b68dc8f82baafb96d5661ab419d0413e8 SHA-256: 80876d5e0848eab19715f6d8326b96a8cac7e02127993187f54fa77c1c2c43e0
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 a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF reader vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The document also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing campaign designed to distribute further malware or harvest credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/guluzuzepeverufajozi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3b15bf578---dujomupakazifezaxotedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741c31a5c49---6840046765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/96376643693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serbanindustrialconstruct.ro/uploads/files/bugutemavomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/96544243155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jmko9aa7q2thp669u61pt1c373/mapejebibevib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ababc3a4daf034883c896583881c58a9/xewovifebiwojupozij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bde3897db---jazibujejogupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/309bc05f17741a4a4e7bdb5b6d9d7e44/97739456462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerathai.com/image/upload/File/pezexoridejed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ef7e1daa1ad9ae54a552d557b0b8f32/wamokuvoxazumemolejite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/74439999595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/63110513079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sonorisation-auxerre.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55376758636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbgprpk7biiq.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kajitil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e4922585f---wokobebenamopoxudoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8faad907e4743a9bfabfd7078154e93b/19599149999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/xizojeteko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xnkvinatimex.com/uploads/files/mavuwupovogikafixad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitaloffice.pl/fotki/file/38354249586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungqibiotech.com/upfiles/editor/files/14666043334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+ball+super+tournament+of+power+full+episodes+freePDF 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_off0000bb11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB11 11168 bytes
SHA-256: 76955ec6a0a50894a24923ddb132ae95352d1bfd4e6b2805ca1d4db96a69c5bb
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4C3 16800 bytes
SHA-256: ba73a21ac233e9cb413a4e91c6c5f1923e9fc5c1b22137451b467b258ec9bfab
font_02_sfnt_off0001007a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1007A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1