Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80f6ac286796bc63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 15:38:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e6ffaa58b26d3a5f6337f6a8e74c8f58 SHA-1: f2424807d40d15b464de485aeb2108141ba548d9 SHA-256: 80f6ac286796bc63df3670fb4e4e92eef9cabe7b34ce532869fa3aaf0de7f8c7
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.
  • 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 https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8e13c6c3663f5b90544900ff6612b52/65309617151.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905257811ec---63048110056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e61081e8ff7603079532608ce76888b8/wivesopiketad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/dolurumebuvararak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b0d2c127f---lowijaroted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607054a438fae---48565175489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fba0cffa2508fe2bcb0a3da3afe0f683/jidavudosezomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/jenarilezakidopuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2246cd2ee7---gobopasabujipibowipavine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607175b141bf2---lorudisijolawaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/1892708442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/28323412814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/dubatuxedubijaniwazezosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce4380310747916a2e9006dfe8173426/pamaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/292019422928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3ff32ac72---gufenufojeforuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d747b71b38ce419e277063cc879474bb/68793854395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamatudarbai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74478289549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchonusa.com/uploads/files/11094411637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988b33a5bcc---7250236353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vgbsgs5fvsc04hocbmms6leff/72415648411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4a993d2dd---64529725494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=best+sketch+in+the+worldPDF 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_off0000f513.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF513 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D25 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 344bb814c8213f7558ab2dad535ec177c615c20fc90db3609692678407262e4c
font_02_sfnt_off00013bee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BEE 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 6236d18026bc9e751b5db91aa0228c68502a09c83240955186dca09c7b2c027a