Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80a3a8844f9edeee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:01:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 014fe9a33b127ade760636f992666923 SHA-1: 179d12a5f8994aeadb1081788b02b1f8439456f3 SHA-256: 80a3a8844f9edeee702d8099298a3199848a4daf4c48a81fe0813946e0c00d36
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://auburn-properties.com/userfiles/files/60619242117.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/resol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/41837255665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c78e767fa62103c5d30b772fc4be560/jonesezedonolivejemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraucheta.ru/uploads/file/49189690034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/54095653333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42739687312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210529_4233E4CEE06FCA95.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/kebiladudupexatafuwokupom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cah31cas3iiqadnipra3mua0d/zoxigeluxelutozesoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/76064276917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4sobfo63r47j2p87p2reqin0bk/dizosofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/motusijezivevosileke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abicecream.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/govagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrumschoolka.pl/photos/file/ragilivukabinexozoxitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/pupew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af3b1b52ae---81754845394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esfa.bg/root/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lurobulusonozofiloro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspointpartners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xomuvugipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/57370099104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishiosatu.com/contents//files/68011444076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/lunawejiwogagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f513d7574---demademusazifemonixomul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b9384d291f07319e84599d729558f71/wanumuwezofibivezijajilam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48608a8021---vulamorudubakazulutif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/58966696310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0844849ecc9f688f82c26af32b0b976/20660310948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=carmina+burana+timpani+pdfPDF 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_off0000e8d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100E7 10464 bytes
SHA-256: a45c771265e173480e71fa40ab604478ee22723ec6e4b4f1c0e90b26ffae5286
font_02_sfnt_off0001185f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1185F 18992 bytes
SHA-256: 25be7958b9f8e981ff31b1996198b5b2e97b8c2be79f38bd3ddad04360be7814