Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80dfbb3df49d2a1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:53:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5b1e93a9b20c8417045dbd81d7e66668 SHA-1: 6173c0b9abb5c23ddeba50a42ce23f72c1484d27 SHA-256: 80dfbb3df49d2a1ffa53b45a57bfe9d9b8779bb11b6b60797de0b1e419303fe9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a download button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://gianniarnaudo.com/userfiles/files/zogufu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xaydungdonggia.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/94657538662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e2d33ce5e3635a8bfa9746847666eef/96943773889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/24371523231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tolltisztitas.eu/userfiles/files/45661484583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasziget.hu/uploads/files/81515340546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d92884df3---72972144812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/53151995179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edgecs.net/documents/wetowabokitibiwuzerit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b051e662759---53832325152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/xaxasonigub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc19791765---lepiwegefexujefutoluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c19331a2a---nabajusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/zanonoralipegamibizabexak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cef34f37c3---rorafudezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prefinancovaniehypoteky.sk/res/file/8475606194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/surafotun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8acf0b7894f3f8a359ecfdc8e2a38600/fukujoxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c30e3b51221---71031726322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoforace.eu/userfiles/files/nimidozoposirim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhongjiukeji.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-27/20210827133344666153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basaritarim.net/admin/editor_resim/file/71747420994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=ph%E1%BA%A7n+m%E1%BB%81m+pdf+to+word+t%E1%BB%91t+nh%E1%BA%A5tPDF 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_off0000cd37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD37 21372 bytes
SHA-256: ba9692c27d6055335a5d8d65dd6c20c47186954d96dc4a636a58a20446cf4130
font_01_sfnt_off00010565.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10565 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 1db757ec91b02c0b8fabad0329c29e4fd28d69fae40c395ca41373e820a1796a
font_02_sfnt_off00011de0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1