Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80a65e9f44787658…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 17:18:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b61c64216c5dbdadb99a2f967358aeff SHA-1: 143824d621e17a2efa5aaabbc2d65661ab3c088d SHA-256: 80a65e9f44787658f6eb83c378926a1de8dee2bee74e35d2eef4ba545ca8a3f7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories 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 malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 http://custom-mugs-factory.com/uploadfile/files/jizekirenifuzubanubone.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tahitotfalu.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95416306679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalshield-uae.com/userfiles/files/14624635307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mitrasuksesku.com/userfiles/file/pidovijifuboroxudefoposen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcconsulting.eu/klc/file/sazogifukiximur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caminodesantiagoenmoto.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/zimazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctmcooper.com/userfiles/files/77195492235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodegoncriollo.com/userfiles/file/56158150631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prieur-equipement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23320791780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eiffkqj7vqmvrdll2373jr56l3/15334063266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614056f08c4db---moforeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncteonline.com/userfiles/file/71516541951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fivetc.vn/uploads/files/14432442788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d3761b9b63---guxukomotoganolij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocoachfox.com/userfiles/file/jedudugeminowinax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrorevisionimonregalese.it/file/tavamezejupopakefizoxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://china-glass-mosaic.vegner.com/userfiles/files/20210922_062022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dddf6e0a5ce08d6b3ca9f3190df25e8/zufozobuzexalutojaloxuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portaldasfreguesias.com/portugal/vianadocastelo/vianadocastelo/geraz_do_lima_sta_maria/ckeditor/ckfinder/file/salokuwuxipalixuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abbma.in/admin/uploads/file/45857189880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatnhapkhaugiasi.com/luutru/files/42234923149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamalcar.com/userfiles/file/52074449417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/jokebusunizupewuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchadatitan.com/UserFiles/File/23099334111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=best+movie+streams+for+firestickPDF 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_off0000af76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF76 15220 bytes
SHA-256: 64d70b5018a1903e789a184d348db38e54ae30fbde50c97057061529a800e026
font_01_sfnt_off0000d61d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD61D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE34 10556 bytes
SHA-256: ca9933afbb1059d2d1a655c3deb87911f036d31bd004b719508dc964dd0daed8