Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a80a776d5f6d483…

MALICIOUS

PDF

135.0 KB Created: 2021-08-14 13:01:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: cadbe5dea9cb26cc6c2020f034484c62 SHA-1: b972ba1911b9bc072df5682999380e53262d7f25 SHA-256: 8a80a776d5f6d483322a3ff92ffd2d2d0d71bb868d200186ea18957177ea20b0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristics suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9797

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d72542b4038cbf8e66ccd3725f070fb/1663928667.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021051418541541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8u72n50td3j1shj6gn85jp4tel/xezum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northcoteplaza.com/userfiles/file/98480393817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4toj8tg0bhhi0gpk15ihl3v1nr/dibisobumaluxifuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811de5d00a9---71496096769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crocepadrekolbe.it/userfiles/files/mawozub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608a30ce0fe8e---62070482178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/18002776838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nistd.in/userfiles/file/tatexewerebimariwejabek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ogbc0p7mcbnkv2e166jivm38vm/84428356766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cayxaotamphan.net/userfiles/image/file/pufokamexit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0f9cb9727---posotosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2220afeef9500bf023516c4e3dd0be2/44348327259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085694651515---41767184394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1a6abf1f92---xigoxusake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://client-sms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5157465905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globaltranslation.com/demo/global_translation/beta/userfiles/files/1880844330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chris-arnold.com/userfiles/file/witukap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://florylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/75764140528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/pafoduxiforubivesepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d81a03bf82---jelusudozujuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq321btlnngclfci20gp6se5v3/85634273764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmhomeschool.com/mycms/uploadedimages/editorUploadedImages/file/jitibedigafijavazinakosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/655utfqhstmfvnjvdgi08lohgb/90062887300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a03bbb90030---88239544851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=american+academy+of+pediatrics+jaundice+guidelinesPDF link annotation
    • https://doi.org/10.14238/pi49.2.2009.125-130In 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_off0001aa40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AA40 18328 bytes
SHA-256: da773708bcbdebd88fe1d01e1507c6553284000837068f8b48455601bd40c088
font_01_sfnt_off0001da15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DA15 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001f22c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F22C 11288 bytes
SHA-256: f947e56f386e9612fcd7a89b05233de6e4eb9cfb03059879ee2460df27db37c1