Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b80b44c9d0200cb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-08-05 09:56:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a0285f68932acc90dd8f7ec8e709456f SHA-1: 2c8bbac7166e7951aa3b67ed9f602f70e7eba9b6 SHA-256: b80b44c9d0200cb7c8c985ac05a3b32a3afda2760a2c5f35a50b0ba98e95d3c9
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to lure users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/37473783581.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://siltherm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50197983342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210622201022_rx958y.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/739bf1cf6fade1ec248956ceb32cf8fd/xesomubokifupasevonaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f14694130---94606245740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8cf79c5793---zinopizujakorum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e6ea7a6e0---51327135310.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://grandbarnettfamily.com/clients/a/a0/a01b80d98e57c38af56892ab55e7d82f/File/nikene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/xizonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e4efa0b1a---25325248948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohstigers66.com/clients/d/da/da15611725e7ba20b6827cbf2e24f87d/File/napiranimunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mazuxivefemotesijawazux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf9fab8413e6422adf906bdf00f8fc4c/gotinakufimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8d48065ff---xibupeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a4e3a800ed5---85515045477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fef2cd59c6707f7118bf684cedccaeaa/xolidadifaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/10565055238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887826d8ba1---6041673815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/binifozoxemoxodotujasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukulivermore.com/uploads/files/6292912137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/fusozewebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8d3b9a08d6f77032c57c851c59d5fe8/suberoneravujufup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/92259551725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.egavilanes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/votazavenodaloxujasum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=would+you+survive+the+hunger+games+quotevPDF 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_off0000c234.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC234 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA4B 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 7a1b5c608ecf7923de1478d33b874e81915b91e0714e44d2fce819508b3057bc
font_02_sfnt_off0000f385.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF385 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 06ee7bcf33067c9bf519c32b7d22ee06ec4de209ef66bda866faccd7d94f5c84