Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80c1fbef4bdcc97c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-24 00:11:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8de53840b502fca5d63e72fa45b1f819 SHA-1: ed8e0c55b5507d4175642d06ad7af052bac75aa9 SHA-256: 80c1fbef4bdcc97c84c0a108d629fa1d89b528a355e539e33ef43790f2c498c4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to a variety of external websites. Several of these URLs are associated with compromised content management systems (CMS) or disposable hosting, suggesting a deliberate attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage malicious infrastructure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5242

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rpg+asdivine+hearts+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://biondiairsystem.it/userfiles/files/14130960771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funbugs.ie/userfiles/file/90380758683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4687b34208bdc5a190a7f3617dea3a8a/97650340814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koovappadyscb.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/norujakuzobupax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohxto.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/91030214849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylivediamondinventory.com/uploads/files/55346677905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvantindat.com/uploads/2021-09-21/images/files/roloxovogatavipavabopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funbugs.ie/userfiles/file/2331647732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/21459539176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caogenzhiben.com/filespath/files/20210908011022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delta-serwis.pl/pliki/kunav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ceb4b0a69e---zitujogukegom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsacare.com/admin/uploads/file/nebumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alwillislifecenter.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40438729431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladangmimpi2.com/contents/files/nebodudovifedadutuvufem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovehikari.com/uploads/files/47051113703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lenaoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/tupig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chorland-dining.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/goxugomupozinodovufogav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614352a69749c---dejimigefejuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://innovativallatgyogyszer.hu/fileok/file/zavaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artofsurfing.com/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/razozuvuzubomexapugikoget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tefusedotubezuleti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nepolebuvuvudabibixevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happyjourney.webtrails.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/magokimurofib.pdfIn 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_off0000b607.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB607 17476 bytes
SHA-256: e0f55703a3282165c586f4ccdcf9e43c430b03bba123c1a830759718f0faa586
font_01_sfnt_off0000e366.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE366 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 82b8412995826d50fb596f23ae4a20fb29b19ff5e0a508a1ed9c374a8c087f07
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1