Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80c5b0036b4984de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-09-24 10:56:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c8aa9d12374db2aecae75e01dd13c3b3 SHA-1: 182e89c5d4f3ad00a7593ba9427b24434c1090a0 SHA-256: 80c5b0036b4984de66fc7b5e92c6fedf587c584f0b09c5815ddf6bc6308c710f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=arcade+game+download+for+android
    • http://monticellotownship.org/userfiles/file/wamijinaledetaxejirenar.pdf
    • https://paroles-vives.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lawigexexelenesuzukov.pdf
    • https://jmtours.co/aym_image/files/fozojozufokufujegaf.pdf
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/57925892573.pdf
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/90680556429.pdf
    • http://appli-veolia.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wolaza.pdf
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aba02425609cbbeebf1ea27187595b3c/54217597176.pdf
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021091618452973499.pdf
    • http://em-mould.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fimuzitofaxeseranetebu.pdf
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/jagibivomonetaxajo.pdf
    • http://balogmihaly.hu/UserFiles/file/gemevowozijuzatipezutud.pdf
    • https://jagamimpi.org/contents/files/nigexanukusod.pdf
    • http://autostyle-japan.com/js/upload/files/buwokutuxas.pdf
    • http://chpcentre.com/files/file/70590144260.pdf
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/8042568990.pdf
    • http://rfaaa.com/UploadFile/file/20210903181738605.pdf
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/tabiwudab.pdf
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3a9c67ac7faaa570ab4168b6b8bf875/pagitarexabawugenig.pdf
    • https://korovin.org/site/img_ufiles/45589303180.pdf
    • http://taxplus.in/images/contentimages/files/90052168267.pdf
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d130617770150e1290a5d119a1905f6d/16151117120.pdf
    • https://www.seblocation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xawalepovexu.pdf
    • http://hnfond.cz/storage/file/pozikik.pdf
    • 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_off0000b354.bin
8c57dfe52b5a74fb7210573c8ea424d447ffcc470ba380913312d73045c1967f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB354 15216 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9ed.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9ED 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f204.bin
c2faf34b4daf6acd3f82538f80914d50823ee11c1bee2533250308e52eb1017c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF204 10620 bytes