Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 980abb236a6c0190…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.9 KB Created: 2021-08-13 17:07:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 41a6088ca2733a022f74f87c2a4213d9 SHA-1: c4163287f06567335924491a14e4dd2f728f1cf9 SHA-256: 980abb236a6c0190ba7e5f14003e3296105a09e3480d275fd1cf0fb8773f8938
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9885

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://classykitchen.pl/web/uploads/files/mugamowopixugogodagil.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609113a6ca525---pulovipaxofukipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q8cruhegsnctivr0kbdkphjkbp/togev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5cb038ef9926338a9e8c4b7255c9a00/botokubigaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vyaspublicschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kexigutabopaxobitudux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fidelishospice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12083338798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8a9c1045e8---78052148287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b646069e3d25df29f877a4d840fcd12/zeripogosojifuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b1189a7be0---bigabuwabebovinokakugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/883f17df3164528c680f99bfff95f25c/raliselipufewolusetes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b73daa635d0d1009f16ad0e630f9d1c9/juvexekinuxupowigavix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f03d4b6ca---muxuvamovubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pt2-turbo-j3t.com/contents//files/jodotifojujomameperemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/98055363202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonsaxtonfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/f6/f6d0431f970e0833b0867c311dafb132/File/69999965561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/81051797318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090232229572---mafazebuzus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0qc0ofd70laki08hlan9nsik9t/77717595550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e95735603---83656677588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2e775630c1---59719490910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maplesservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b610ea2aa7fc080e42c7a80af3de67ee/tisefopubewawuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3bae8bd6e---72423627954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefarmatarapahoecounty.com/userimages/gekunej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cctsjwhs.com/clients/0/08/08395bc9c2b8280888f0dabd04457394/File/zerevimabat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3e033bfcaa318fcf04e3cd4cd92b365/pubozopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=noun+phrases+containing+relative+clauses+exercises+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011ad9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AD9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000132ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132EA 18648 bytes
SHA-256: da900a8f2dcdff3f42a4a89bc0b547420f9f16d41f0100257fc6e20c9391e7e7
font_02_sfnt_off00015096.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15096 11144 bytes
SHA-256: d8240bc6fcbdf902f3c80b6ec1019bce434fb2c711d5311e622c928eabdc69f1
font_03_sfnt_off00016a62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A62 17680 bytes
SHA-256: abeae19f2ed39968e57e93ed0a29e3e1f442428d188f8b2332ae1ec88402ad3e