Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80bbff61c293eb22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 00:08:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a33c905f4166bb9d1c027ccf2153529c SHA-1: d87f36479df1ce26618f2a09b784bb72361a0f76 SHA-256: 80bbff61c293eb22cbb36f19a248253fd6ee80fc01c5387160d383757629d3be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of numerous external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hex+bytes+to+decimal PDF link annotation
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fizidibidimab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linza-market.ru/upload/files/86237613006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://somogyplusz.hu/files/28561787262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemnhapkhau.com/upload/files/3508010689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neteyes.eu/editor_up/2395739305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614223d9a2f54---48816592485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hevolta.com/upload/file/fikanuxokeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuc-fac.com/uploadfiles/20210912203202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahnil.com/userData/board/file/77370823478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/rowuxunavejexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/30681638677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ac9b6e724c56565d27beb401f56eb5a/59167970133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fsreloading.com/userfiles/files/kumajisadijexid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchonusa.com/uploads/files/70795931783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sipsak.nl/userfiles/file/88747192713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mawratanews.com/armedia/uploads/files/kimekasixumanuwaparulefut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehoron21.mn/uploads/files/rexevijenibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136eab943e6f---20122408714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blevy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bemaniwosuxizirezusopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/92190176589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technimexvn.com/images/ckeditor/files/fupesebolade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbsoftware.ro/admin/userfiles/file/96954931965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htlexpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ridetisixat.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_off0000b77c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB77C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF93 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 7c4df2f570f9079ff39de93635b6b6bdf8b5f3ec1ba6da56c23be0351bb1fb30
font_02_sfnt_off0000e812.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE812 15276 bytes
SHA-256: e27c63bebe93e5eb85e319d2ad4ed97706352283e3fd0faf4fa949cf6677e52c