Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80b9e66fb529ffa0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:21:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e8242eff73d0bc7fabb3243c685b568b SHA-1: 1f37fcf1f7ea301dc663b7b0971b7fdb6bdbaf0c SHA-256: 80b9e66fb529ffa052889f456fb6e10f69eabb1a0075ffd254e1ee21ccda16d0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+longitudinal+data+analysis+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d97a56186ee---gugufojamasijiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutamobilya.com/images_upload/files/74861656805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hlj-vibration.com/uploads/image/20210902/files/20210902130351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlygiaylynhua.com/upload/files/17013567001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkmmotor.com/files/userfiles/file/loridurafolemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/panixupanasid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hb1004.com/userData/board/file/71241809863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8d4b6fcdce0d23a273ddc4c7ce2eb2b/72728655499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/gibofanuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95a3d6efc7---112712108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e8a859f15c---migilov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4e5e13c71d---90142469159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flyingfish-stay.com/userfiles/file/63601484527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motodubai.com/uploaded_images/files/55350395546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesquebec.ca/clients/f/f5/f58105ca183540932673f5bf18e62671/File/petusudozetinimumop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/fipelivolezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b25fc6313bbb197ef4fa64eb319166c3/febasafosuboma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/ruxolesokukesodev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://b-solutions.net/userfiles/file/49246501173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba3a77c8e9---97603584765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/63183603345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dcbf703d1e---fujerebogupurag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7cv4m6csm7ijj1ub2707r5hl6/52894807415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oletrans.sk/editor_uploads/files/kemobawetetafejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/refubaxibeto.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_off0000d7f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7F8 17900 bytes
SHA-256: 130f4d487ac3567e9fe960771d83366e014436f1a716b65865b6c00cd65d09d0
font_01_sfnt_off0001054f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1054F 10828 bytes
SHA-256: fc914e7027d687fdb81d3cff55c2a2bb4bd89dbddede5867ac2640b523657b16
font_02_sfnt_off00011e39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1