Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80ca4b6e4d0eec7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 21:00:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4018e69ca1757a13b9e8ed60c6276e77 SHA-1: e58900046b6c0c26f5487283b52998c2fc9ee3fd SHA-256: 80ca4b6e4d0eec7b3c0f93bf576ea21878c97ea399cd401371096d23f9669e83
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to redirect the user to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://goref.ru/files/file/87783432195.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160972afc84c4b---56944644801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebddff12414afea1d472983d6ff57e25/8493265717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitalsyndic.com/userfiles/file/togozeliwavisuxenese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb9ca869272---lesorufusipokinebasomonod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16d6bb82ea---mazuwefikiwumefeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/84210940217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romangruszecki.com/uploaded/file/32623556156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/7607073941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071214f908af---figanamoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40892006686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p58rdm27qrj4akclovcvuvaql5/perivixulunavosexuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/61510692282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoewebdesign.no/userfiles/file/fasarijox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/63605749814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zovsh.com/Uploadfiles/files/taxipubikigofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d1ac7fd8e---30016816968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/52562434315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fqcycpa.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210624042309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhighclassof60.com/clients/871169/File/fevarusupegaxudixenilexor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75602fd8881a5d6b87e35c8964072324/pugafiruje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbc3dr175au3egeijm596ebftr/savodefikadiwufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/9806131714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95083597f971a61ac7264e1970782f28/70903384065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=light+contractions+at+37+weeksPDF link annotation
    • 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_off000101ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101FF 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 76c200d98bf5cab9f7248d3807144327faed1b1984a559124a5ee644137dcf61
font_01_sfnt_off00011b1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B1F 17056 bytes
SHA-256: 14a79830efd04893f20a9a5cee9bef2568c7ea0620d5c53ff1b7fe3d8607706f
font_02_sfnt_off00014720.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14720 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1