Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80ac786dd4de273c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-08-09 02:55:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7d0fde2b28f691a5e92b88eebc1355be SHA-1: 9cddb02de4d1fef2f61aa658c9f365290e6a071c SHA-256: 80ac786dd4de273c0e38618ea33f10732868d4dff12652f5af4eddecce3f468e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, embedding numerous URLs that point to unknown or potentially compromised domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads further supports this assessment.

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://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-5/20210705162153686853.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086945d4ebb9---mifovikomavikena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/24267826222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/15692573159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bf15e5101---47106047734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/12120502896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/soxisuvivefiwofekexux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loaamtran.vn/files/usersfiles/files/fobofumijugumosunijodunel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b84c0940e---68148150612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5p68ifgbo80neig6vt89dcq7jg/runaditijugafudowozosek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/513cf86e2212ed148e33c499bac90409/defetafaritikejosekero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081fac0f2a92---dodewedidale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bf61eaff069044f5dc594ca7c562925/69298935251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c90a4dc77e---riket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awkontrakt.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sojitujitexatodaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnyor.az/userfiles/file/tuvojadigizupiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegan-eshop.cz/data/file/tuzexazowenevab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/juwanavamaverekotajufisus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/sodurusoterubazobuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b3211430bdece73b7e1bef2633898e0/73530037398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d79903f00956eece0c9fedb257d8ad98/janubezepuvewuwala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab13034178d---30577275698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jp-cable.com/d/files/leruxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/kuwometofonuful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=plate+type+heat+exchanger+design+calculationPDF 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_off000107e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E0 11112 bytes
SHA-256: d9e7e6102e436ddad68aea462eeef3ea85d5eff88f01388cb54425f920717fc5
font_01_sfnt_off0001219e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1219E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000139b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139B0 18436 bytes
SHA-256: 45f4f8435ff8f24311b7b9d26c8d782e39f8db353eea2a814afa9361f022ebaa