Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80a179ba98a4bace…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-08-19 14:24:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e67dbb9814e1eb91f3d4d1da8f00047a SHA-1: 5d9640c36b2ec0dd17da590453f7a0e855207460 SHA-256: 80a179ba98a4bace504f62afc45cd1ee86ab2bdc6c719432d4ca481cd688791c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF's structure and the presence of JavaScript suggest an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or trick users into downloading further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53146d2a7d7708fbf7c811818d5b2e29/mesomopakax.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://greenlakepaint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28864700672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenagegroup.vip/userfiles/file/47618700816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/879c9b5e9bf2d675808cbdf10ac06711/41944646304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.su/userfiles/files/xosakevijuzedizibiruseku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolauniversale.it/userfiles/files/6583734107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f4b26ed00---22400343042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hydratrend.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcimx.com/files/7629413854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alompar.hu/uploads/content_files/files/7362060805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamily1912.com/clients/876683/File/77639218801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/35594205471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wukemujafilojirowixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.umadai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xojuwarejajujamabowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/2987484317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wisserarm.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/repakoken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemculture.com/userfiles/file/xamopazemifuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e0ca8a170---wevixokijaramafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisiwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prabashproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zikakopijeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/61225056102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drbjuu8upp0m3op07lsua0pmb0/17873479015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=forces+and+motion+crossword+puzzle+answer+keyPDF link annotation
    • https://www.assessment.unibe.ch/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xufeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dd57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f569.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF569 17296 bytes
SHA-256: fd6250a47144110b1362af53b4dd9ce7635fcce815355f1fe7647a2d4627ed9a
font_02_sfnt_off00012299.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12299 11104 bytes
SHA-256: f1a285d0638bb391475fb0d140817c174ad5b526ae9f4060aa95d2aab07d1bc3