Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80e98fed4b52e962…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-10-06 14:10:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: a8763e7c0e102e4ad2cdf5876aefa113 SHA-1: db913844e8308c1e72ae6ac43c1aa0e5f329ca40 SHA-256: 80e98fed4b52e96238b07f5457719214e8b9ae02f4d34892a6cce3bc671ccb91
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely involving phishing or the delivery of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://penzionradvanice.cz/res/file/76505271321.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kindergartenhelden.at/upload/file/73277382173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1c417b4980295189feb27d0e462c6bc/nelejiligozuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614a1ef0a7397---21773594974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdjshg.com/files/file/nipuwuwupumivepigidapifef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdom.vn/userfiles/file/53734804898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sqc.jp/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/44981495381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southafricapools.com/contents/files/vapen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimobertoarchitetto.com/userfiles/files/mazerugawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7775d75cd779e3e46f6d0f626df9d32/30293283967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbbizu2bxaod.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/jopagofobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kengosushionlineorder.com/uploads/files/pabenisuwezofanedigan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalafiber.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9933229019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/87396923825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/48573450391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sake2metustin.com/uploads/files/torerud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161402d432a691---57719952723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamaxmotor.cz/data/dokumenty/zuwizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://encino.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/gomadukarafego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cb0107a499---15934830960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://semihkerpiccilervesupersound.com/upload/file/kexewasuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.willmarshelter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lisopiwulevatupufalare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evaemlak.com/userfiles/file///wozuwukigawoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaronandanthony.com/userfiles/files/1765098993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=assistant+facility+manager+resumePDF 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_off0000db95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB95 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 2496c3bbafafc8aee51fb338f9fb142f6171332c2b4156868857d9ec7c764c02
font_01_sfnt_off0000f464.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF464 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C76 19220 bytes
SHA-256: 78dcf11c77c66008d1eaf7eaf62468c43b7a3a79a5079ac6de0b822933b88f3e