Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80ef62ed43ed91b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 01:27:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 236a608ce9361aa1717ac34654576f6e SHA-1: 4b6e6ba64bc5ebcee52f8db8db5844f2e97fa200 SHA-256: 80ef62ed43ed91b0663242814de461ad72162e316d87829a75634d11830a1d2e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF viewers or delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af74e1701a---4687501968.pdf
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b14b067f0---79046908698.pdf
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47955540ca---44313021992.pdf
    • https://akproauto.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/71764739957.pdf
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094882c695f9---8518255660.pdf
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65041cf002b610f3a873f8070dc459ef/35561380929.pdf
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71c03ujrkp3k5bqdijllolf2vk/lefaterosevofupet.pdf
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efedc50063ae1c95e21329d394468b0e/83905578895.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c883901dc---6820081589.pdf
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/772ba262f09b8ac45996c893435babc4/85250891645.pdf
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42f814e21de521e7ca028e0d9024debd/guretaribenigabixol.pdf
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/nikalow.pdf
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75c19d4c5f29bfe93f7b0cbf717150a2/36771853198.pdf
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6630918c35---pajibivuvafobukejogutiwem.pdf
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/509e5e0d83214a8d75454e4eb871c226/suvobipekevefivituwi.pdf
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b028db6e3---rowapivowozidan.pdf
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/394404f83eaec8e2578bf3548a781841/dapurajamikotukaja.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78396e98ded04de820d6e3ccad05a039/86689397788.pdf
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608deeda01a19---zijisabasez.pdf
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/36494301914.pdf
    • https://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/fetebof.pdf
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/44330075702.pdf
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/091064721ee7bf1b4d4633b7931dacd7/66586904722.pdf
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758b9c7eea0---97249182846.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=skin+infection+with+pus
    • 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_off0001117f.bin
579c080154ac5cb093856296205eb256a6e161dc0b0c2f44c263f5d57e82ad13
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1117F 17348 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013ef2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EF2 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015709.bin
afc1e3d5abee86270dabad1456401b09cd7750d23947f4873f5e7e5b7e80ceb5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15709 10624 bytes