Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80a934f763b1c284…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 17:18:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a8b9e8525d28ad35dc421df0588965c5 SHA-1: b718b33387a7296c7031eff93e20dbd283f6d739 SHA-256: 80a934f763b1c284c7d81cb97c8b90a453c78fcd4fd476cf20239ef983812504
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the attack pattern is inferred from the URL structure and heuristic firings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ap+human+geography+unit+1+study+guide+answers
    • http://bjeclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73328075061.pdf
    • http://bruningfoundation.com/clients/9/99/99acc79c432c4c389b364f5b25189af3/File/zafakijozifiximi.pdf
    • http://wccflooring.com/userfiles/files/30217807196.pdf
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943ab09bb6c---63924749225.pdf
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d98mlemuj10pl09fe5sch67c2/9014597358.pdf
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070fdde1d654---dapetojonalizunil.pdf
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eaf6ad6b52fef5c022bba6719c5fab8/fokonuwawoziruzu.pdf
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56b89f82738a4cee6a5a42444c552989/18447182733.pdf
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f8f4c51d5942feeef106df16847539a/tikirixuroti.pdf
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f7e4d706c---pijikipuzofetekuxozor.pdf
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607386127d3be---bosugegejekaxaxen.pdf
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea60a8072f7f5b9ed309e99b7acd00d7/57435611802.pdf
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5vg5if8qaro41t1qbehie686iu/86966730647.pdf
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d3b19b879---97989157056.pdf
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83992451878.pdf
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c222bd29c35---14189700390.pdf
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/38597663063.pdf
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737dfe09df2---50748301965.pdf
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/kujebaxofudadajege.pdf
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab5d5a0a8e---kifeza.pdf
    • https://sportyou.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54175416464.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785e0e97473---guzaduvinixilibuva.pdf
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078757c49d60---61467999704.pdf
    • http://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/xesefajunoma.pdf
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1bdd59b5c---70237344733.pdf
    • http://ck-tct.ru/userfiles/file/lunareridadonutelezuta.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_off0000f24b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF24B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a5d.bin
0c6bb1f56909c73f260a213e85a774efc7cc1bdfaf8d8b7b2e2fead2de74ce36
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A5D 16760 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000135a9.bin
4a56ea34020312ad613f1424f9ebf69556c503436a2f5b6d8da9710e42f87f67
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135A9 11128 bytes