Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80c160e45ce526e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:28:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 31d08924cc54e00aa44e7dacdc08807a SHA-1: 7cd8c396fc706557e327b6af10740b4edc8d1025 SHA-256: 80c160e45ce526e5a9d46d50fe6cbc5b6d4ad3be91ca1797fa06bc893e0c121e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=developing+language+skills+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/691cscj7ogddoh5p174mnkg2f4/3934634287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093cc25c9561---26613821913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/danirer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/wusaxigovezopefuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778821de07c---65159489058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.com/imagenes/file/nadidevuwupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b04h2kt66tdc0b8jpva7tcd4g0/74472108061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://073741256.com/uploads/files/202109030418283936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adarshvidhyasankul.org/userfilesfile/3450646204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dezmaster.com/userfiles/file/14301746612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/subuvigut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://branchennachweis.eu/userfiles/file/fures.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc1b0d678f9552b72f91e678c8203b04/12640465120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markeishahall.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6153de62f6621860c695afd3ac63e7e3/34876155470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1ee52de29b---58501974189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s8i1v7pqpidr41qd8hlm51uuac/xowetimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/naninalew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthivatlieuhoanthien.com/upload/files/bedabaxogegapexur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argyleliquidations.com/userfiles/files/14776373032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulanceservice.pl/userfiles/file/55627676413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--22cjbbm2eyae3ehabdb4kqdtae3dxnnc1fhf.com/user_img/files/47906107216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkmmotor.com/files/userfiles/file/wiwajowizudixiziror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqkq5rl7nc21mqb3te3qtupsmc/zofefegapeweburorazatow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noospc.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/kigatekop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markfarolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/17561602052.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_off0000be4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE4D 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 4c90263430dc7aabd1cc3d53af31a4f1fc97592858135b059e459d098dca89c4
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6DF 16452 bytes
SHA-256: 2d4e0dbfb510a834c4acdd7a901ef67fea6349ced7c00b305d3ad3fab444ff12
font_02_sfnt_off0001016e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1016E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1