Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 80fa336e1e71b9d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:25:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 12e3e9c741913983c53f8ea7d7831a3c SHA-1: d28fddafd1bb503618e69384de02598165e77e36 SHA-256: 80fa336e1e71b9d8efd8e91af0b292732f4f6a436afce7cc34f9d3d025987970
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the high detection scores point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lesson+3+skills+practice+triangles+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/5891814346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tvr0cepksj1f2o7k951g9qna7/fopotomegewabozefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae66f6a8645221c9ec2184c79857271d/vonodezaxaranorijamenidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c0143596de278f1b701ccc49460a8c1/93546379941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ochoadentalcare.com/tacgestorcontenidos_ochoa/documentos/file/In PDF document text
    • http://usagimatur.com/files/others/dutujunawadogala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160957dd57679a---14652548092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahzycw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-19/20210819073013631352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caycanhtuyhien.com/uploads/image/files/mutipijaxowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talleresimad.com/images/subidas/files/8420863261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9898ce73f---54102567406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svb-volleyball.de/userfiles/file/29048543080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/32458683342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8a4bc4e0ac65104ae7017ff1030c26e/rujevulalilujunalerozigos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e12c92f9bcf033f7507261af0f75cd9/tozowozavorovarusaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b37567602e8c6a14697eadccb562edf/55108268062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannails.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/pulonizalujinon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbgbmragmr4dpl1bjb39fntb30/komujilubetemiwiwetukusil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketnoikienthuc.com/upload/files/13163874316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2665e4da8a53974811a3108bae5d91d5/fekotaxoxirowifogurapeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/5976847376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5f765161e779e6ca3351b4d1e71619c/wolurodaragawusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaikepkeret.hu/uploads/file/pepoxikixadakitesikugaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109378c3f23a---pusimupajoxaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eb8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB8C 17752 bytes
SHA-256: b1d602e5dd2638dbd7d40ff790730bb3cb5faa28d3b2bc9eae1af9dba799f82d
font_01_sfnt_off000119ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013204.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13204 10968 bytes
SHA-256: edb12c9a190fc2c5a355c7ea9718b39fbd89b8b0ba894b8d96e8cdc1ae67bca2