Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a80b92abcdfa8243…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-06-11 06:27:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 0f8c1b0e094911960f91553f800882a4 SHA-1: c5b32a3b95ccfdb573635d0c169797295d2d170f SHA-256: a80b92abcdfa8243eb9ef546c051866e6ad96fed6afc38acbb1e243a08c125c9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. These links likely serve to redirect users to phishing sites or potentially download further malware, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=car+simulator+2+hack+apk+android+1 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74fd2c10ea70b12281a8d3495f5f5bac/moxupusivezisatisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/dudoridodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f9550f782---kobagozemuziwozemopimesug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e270da2ee5169bd27aa9691284338d4b/93924685423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/dunujesotokedirapupejad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchperissinotto.eu/userfiles/files/68459904326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708b43a1678---88845751862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fc5c1f3b748dbd931b03718a84dc7ec/xurokepalojilogefixedefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895caccbece---poxowokofudenupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pobspkvpff61bhlrr9toej12p/57496424783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccfd9ca8ad---janadikosumikizufuluja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cc426355c56b284cbdab23df04cb24a/91818110650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8aae6e7496f4fc67e4ac7645fa4c0a5/dunibajurijirefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0bn30e3m15l65oqgc0pb2tqv4/72878139679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ckub5l9e7999nkgf11s4ofhpb/60101886876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609196d2851d9---jupemuduzevigobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad676fb1fd001320b56ce0489be0b57c/kanovawuvivizujuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eafa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAFA 2880 bytes
SHA-256: ac64b8af80fcca1e0e594fba8a0f1e66fdecb42d42f059741c9e9f76428d751e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f539.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF539 5464 bytes
SHA-256: 6ab05b43ae2ef33200957627381ab89bcbfbc9ef658eed86063f7a494910938c
font_02_sfnt_off000107a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A3 11876 bytes
SHA-256: f5fcde31556a3380f7e62e39f0856eaedec9bece9df902290fee617b8f33f3c4