Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c80a3e8ec69b7db5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-07-21 19:25:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6e4fe108ab61cbb7c836c0b5ee7be562 SHA-1: 9bc6ac825b39cc0fb37634625f0c1522581f404d SHA-256: c80a3e8ec69b7db5e926687a90df674576ed445c6227fa9354a55ab0e2676dc2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via a link farm. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable binary data.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75d7bbace201c53e450b7952e34efee4/93889579527.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65f394cb72c5434a0dafb4b1ee3d4dd7/sotakufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62c873eacd---jipelimalabevokorivuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944eb75e9df---vajegudorivoxiruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f60142fc08---fesowoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/wonusafomige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a19256ec2100f09113b095a1b0e06bf/99831958896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/72535189110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bywuf.org/upload/editor/files/95800586202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/goted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensacolahigh1964.com/clients/1/1d/1d652d7f5bd5fd2f3712913460b20393/File/47312870698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/25639637626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bojovicsirogojno.com//files/34832769253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homestayhoian.vn/uploads/image/files/49797790399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27fbc067f8---32391369724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/12947497150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/sovededimirogonivekuned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59567fa70118d29ee227bd4d3f0dde7f/89436169428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacie.vn/web/uploads/files/jekegobideziduwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hbrql2m6cs5m6c21gb8d8t3vss/renekurujegumunigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azstorestudio.com/uploads/files/papavefawewuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d8c37f96bcbdceabcd9078862ec8d83/93151640551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0688c9e1af6da425375e833c798450b3/lenudumulativovafofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8e2cfddc1a21d8efc3e1b48d8c33d9f/rowetoxenuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=best+th13+farming+base+links+2020+anti+everythingPDF 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_off0000fdbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDBD 20412 bytes
SHA-256: 9cbf9ebedb46e75f1dac1e7ea237c1c1edc4e25051fd70bb1775c6bfedbd74a7
font_01_sfnt_off00012f89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F89 11472 bytes
SHA-256: da300924c72f55b00799f086d9026ed4af26daa8d7a2e93634321d72bbcd623a
font_02_sfnt_off00014aa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1