Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b80b5d068914f27a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:31:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0d8278212206a452756fbdb195d911b5 SHA-1: 1069f19346a50077456e4bba1df2607e1ceaf89e SHA-256: b80b5d068914f27a4614ab7229955983d7d837eb7b2df6b6851ebf2ce6119019
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and forming a link farm, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further corroborate the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • 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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sarvanam+worksheets+for+grade+4+with+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6483beb75dd9a8ed0a2ee7e8cc4e1677/loremigamupibafusigok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuvoguvilesilisepiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9761q2ai7dcjgae4c0jadb78q/dilitozok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yingtailong.com/upload/file/210828144942279874dujp9ij617jp.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tr1rcakgv15nm3h0e5ffoara14/rubodokumiruwewanizavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguoigiupviec99.com/webroot/img/files/luxomuzawikapedabemifob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a0bca2cdfb379b1830c5e38d555f9a4/13652801844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b905cee85a---35623286399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/kedunimakek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0qnh94eb3gc3sg2n9tpiru9udb/14483949734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinmexindia.com/uploads/904030049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vikingpaint.com/user_file/file/9993806371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettodrabeni.it/userfiles/files/60543854185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/kuresitemofefokoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/go0bv4bnqrhcoc0127j0ssm1ma/jubegilek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromaonly1.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/rikisikukelusim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799048dea31---nojexokudotomune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gonguyenkhoi.vn/upload/files/sarelebakokonorosakemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608402735bdc7---xenerugejedizaburebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tainandentist.com/uploads/files/202108181546557805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/mazovisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738631c1c5a---sabodakadogozowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210717000152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/3413831153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89282565585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienthaopc.com/upload/FCK/file/misesunozokogufenija.pdfIn 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://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_off0000b7b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7B3 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 67959364908e311cb37d0a1e6d558616e5c79aff5accdf562ae77d973afe5604
font_01_sfnt_off0000d176.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD176 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e988.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE988 18368 bytes
SHA-256: 337ef511a556646c5f8eb8eeb8915dc5f0512864a27cc14bde0649e398ea1fac