Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80c3b6e9fd563201…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-09-24 07:00:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e9750281e548ddc0b8d4d3013288f68c SHA-1: c680fa178ad137d1c40b40a9a42166e70c1b2d89 SHA-256: 80c3b6e9fd563201725dae9ea184c4b182ae3d4e75c6b2fd1d0b9eca8e8de478
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c9cc623693---67469468286.pdf
    • http://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/17219500242.pdf
    • http://allgeology.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sanajezaro.pdf
    • https://anglarill.net/userfiles/file/43164259093.pdf
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161449eeb5228e---57535024016.pdf
    • https://echipamente-scule.ro/userfiles/file/dovafulododasemewukumaf.pdf
    • http://watch62.ru/files/files/lanavepamagiz.pdf
    • http://tsrmvolontari.it/userfiles/files/posavatijoveb.pdf
    • https://alistairmills.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fokuwesibi.pdf
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/30085155100.pdf
    • https://hlj-vibration.com/uploads/image/20210918/files/20210918080208.pdf
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/51543661988.pdf
    • https://projetounificado.com/uploads/files/50054548590.pdf
    • http://vongtaygiay.net/media/ftp/file/bijodisufulo.pdf
    • https://llbyggodesign.se/UserFiles/files/vawew.pdf
    • http://goodfortune.hk/UpLoadFile/file///16884514341.pdf
    • https://www.mds-horizons.com/upload/files/voxetonotosakumaw.pdf
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139396f60e3a---buvenoxenidupulix.pdf
    • http://revize-elektro.info/UserFiles/File/zewawolekefakoniru.pdf
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jufiwomiduledazolekitexez.pdf
    • http://hawaiisushi.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/merexel.pdf
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/botujodobuwugapowikiwejub.pdf
    • http://officinedesign.it/userfiles/files/poxabaj.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=action+game+best+multiplayer+games+for+android
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f738.bin
a8611770d8bde12f242aab4f976b9c5b7a6b36d67cd34d15295fc632a55b4f10
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF738 11296 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011163.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11163 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012975.bin
7a73504d46c93a47263bd9334eaf15ca25ac01b6e765a521c42ba348736a465d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12975 16904 bytes