Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80f756918a764b33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-22 11:51:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a2d9c3065567eae28113c9f0b8248070 SHA-1: 9137df3a4f9f70ec9e4a6acf30ff5f070d1484ff SHA-256: 80f756918a764b332b3677f01acd5442ac8339e888982aa775266ee6b73dcdb0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites via the link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=trust+device+android
    • http://investbuild.ru/var/upload/file/xuraxefeno.pdf
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/lesaxuvedazewubozi.pdf
    • https://kapokcmassage.com/uploads/files/202109160956463217.pdf
    • http://www.aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83742431228.pdf
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/lotiferadasevepitoge.pdf
    • https://seedomoretravel.com/files/files/gawedusifemukavuvuv.pdf
    • https://pielinks.com/UserFiles/file/40364020579.pdf
    • http://adhunikjewellers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lamawolitapolati.pdf
    • http://scbczy.cn/up_files/file/20210905_231057.pdf
    • http://unstitchedfootwear.net/files/file/nivumolur.pdf
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd5bed057d2f025c55b317091d13152f/24965047478.pdf
    • http://traiteur-ribot.fr/userfiles/file/monatasenirurodusijuvif.pdf
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i5f9ea346jfb86ed0k6vmmqb2c/82707999544.pdf
    • http://npi-management.fr/ressource/site-image/files/menexokazojezujored.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138870c5f66e---pulolefod.pdf
    • https://tierlistei.ch/downloads/88643873654.pdf
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/69812624951.pdf
    • http://chiari-web.com/ckfinder/optimist/files/19462085039.pdf
    • http://rund.cz/UserFiles/File/momitexixodavifejafebeken.pdf
    • http://www.aaar.cat/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74465926489.pdf
    • http://tungalag.mn/userfiles/files/84708926852.pdf
    • http://nktrading.qa/file/files/xuvuvosofubewal.pdf
    • http://le-bouquet.be/userfiles/files/6614263458.pdf
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138460426dde---mavemudu.pdf
    • https://reha.bg/content/upload/file/91886932343.pdf
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/13870409011.pdf
    • 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_off0000e2f6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F6 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb0d.bin
b8adfde4995c2d74464199f24b005bae126f6695de91dd904c656d0f9a6152d3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB0D 10444 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000112ec.bin
f3441c4fee4a2130311f3ca7a1777a3d8af94e375d4a8cd532506679aea3b9df
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112EC 17620 bytes