Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a80351791d383c73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-07-26 07:11:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 58ed480c3736ef6c3bbfe1555e0a6fd9 SHA-1: ff73a169358d35ecc2e5960509a432a03f3fcb08 SHA-256: a80351791d383c73967edbfd7bc653353b6bcbd7beeec33bd4f928f0240e3f68
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous URLs hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, likely to distribute malware or conduct phishing. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/13711081873.pdf
    • http://boeschfamilytravels.com/clients/43210/File/piregude.pdf
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac95f8e47e2---gurisiv.pdf
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc693f6abe53f6717a08f3260a91f9de/44022982293.pdf
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/25205687048.pdf
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cf24fca216420f8fc21b16e11c14ade/48282073949.pdf
    • https://giridhareye.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rodazevabu.pdf
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808f4e429a0---todevoxew.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/77614925913.pdf
    • http://asahiru-ban.com/files/files/wigafukikikov.pdf
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088758d31fab---jefates.pdf
    • https://www.e-oswiata.olesnica.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31055625168.pdf
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/nowigitapujopafumap.pdf
    • http://fredericjean.net/oplusco/file/58634660987.pdf
    • https://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vixabo.pdf
    • http://btc-ltd.com/upload/file/ginonikubunemibumo.pdf
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a6e81af18---rikowetebafemuto.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb552d30771---vinoruzobabadetu.pdf
    • http://shreejians.com/userfiles/file/98310461122.pdf
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082738254f8f---lukavaruvasalogadisulaxij.pdf
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bde9674f40---57738191473.pdf
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d8605552af4c3dceb15a6d0fcaee797/53802739968.pdf
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f52ba1dbc5f4127f03dc3e4cab858b2/mobovivomirojamap.pdf
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sibedobizevidopatider.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=el+diagn%C3%B3stico+seg%C3%BAn+autores
    • 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_off0000e058.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE058 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f86a.bin
b17b11217416d8aceacd5f3cb9a8d4636c0f7f74f9eef314c0d85fdb0ddeae81
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF86A 17460 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124bc.bin
6cd189906566686c77f5d1f78fdc1da6d42d16f3a70d5070f4cabc2ab1426960
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124BC 10884 bytes