Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab80e1e18d81a9cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-25 18:35:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: d46e78381660313fe7c4413ec38040ad SHA-1: 8ad0729234a0e3e1bad42d7cef2a608ffcc50458 SHA-256: ab80e1e18d81a9cbb177a1d22a571e61d4a9d7de193e6f7e7ab1409e4567a974
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. The 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic suggests a social engineering attack designed to prompt the user to execute a command, likely to download and run a secondary payload. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links point towards a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bf33ab1137e46518b9a6a65afc95a5e/6292254607.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://makanbanyak.net/contents//files/sekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irina-beha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53819766758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/sexajevamugafikeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e33ef014b7573989b30ec435c18903c/nolutisunifitufasobofiguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/32569359141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/paroripogim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c65067a8ed69ba64e93ceac01aae2f4/xinawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb18cb0694---51991709271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safrano.pl/userfiles/file/69901642592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/tafigelimatakefivujisili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ihdbd.org/upload/files/22619953102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhs1970.com/clients/9/98/98bceae81adeaace0f0761aa7b0d12fa/File/24819562797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aad503d618cc64010e65d614a800251/xakox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c28ad3e9d20---vawigefolebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/jelesiwutaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075026863d1a---zaxabaxate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/sufaxuvakitoxijoleluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carmakers.cz/userfiles/files/86907040851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mv1kbb9uspl3vo6tg7qeq2c0hi/87683093471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gc2uhnh75p4gnk54itsf3iol48/terixuzot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/4224717095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e01a83561---44534270689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k7c7q6h8qss8igvtb6m0v81uc2/vilufarusegejerija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalmediasolutions.ae/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71170048435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwhs79.com/clients/15834/File/datuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=net+framework+4.5+2+install+directoryPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106A8 11304 bytes
SHA-256: ea9cddc3dad86eb435453759d2fc1a5a0950276c34e91bcff8d220f4872c9629
font_02_sfnt_off0001216c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1216C 17892 bytes
SHA-256: ae36a241d1c681508a1f5914fae9e3d4255d77f991895f69b345a06bc2a6d64b