Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80ddbed381a48aca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:09:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 76251b2f65f5e7725d49c4736e25c319 SHA-1: 42def77f31ef97d40435aefc4ebbda323505be3b SHA-256: 80ddbed381a48acaf7bd41a36d10dadfa2c92e3edb31f560005f0309a7e66f1a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=store+layout+ideas PDF link annotation
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d168029d4a---koxarizizimaxelobubozenef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/74973495666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appfacile.it/file/34704082292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vk3vqupogpf9b0qnp1eu41snos/liridopipitobexoxubovum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarents.com/upload/ckfinder/files/lukegixozakuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8455ed5b49ea72f4e366c4ba71373f1/17337709205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprzybranowo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zexakixazanamegujukuleki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5f8bfb00a9173fbfc09769b403c6bc1/36550782156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tele-video.ru/upload/files/90490823930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/53009640167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceral.pl/ceral/pliki/file/sokajofuvatopunuvof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventmetal.ru/userfiles/files/61215738285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/27521299329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiconthebay.org/clients/2/26/269dd5bc96e197da989a8dccc71442af/File/tafigatazelomatulapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/pirejajofowetapujevokire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4bf7b0f7032c27cef7c217c788ed894/43118694374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/rixisonelapox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banktapeunadana.com/tapeunadana/bank2/admin/userfiles/file/37896922560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50a1d19aa81aac1bdbc453f46cd78156/65884724354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5mcevmbiufcrj3adukgagm0qj6/rinamutodovepozapelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suarezbeltran.com/aym_images/files/juxesasigeseton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad02341456f---73782008012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesnowmanicecream.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jozonozibasivusaxobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/29397324688.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_off0000ea8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA8D 18316 bytes
SHA-256: 6d41478f5e81df1e1559d2a44bc55a1cc39b0e77ffe4951799926682916886de
font_01_sfnt_off0001191c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1191C 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 59abc851ee9eea5eec3a64e5794ef47122317bf563914d916fbddeff6cbf3b5f
font_02_sfnt_off000130e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1