Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c80a500f3855c89d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-20 15:06:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4c41b8ff3630146e440d6c4445a8bc84 SHA-1: dd6483efd727184e42c4fdd2b66c98032e5be1f4 SHA-256: c80a500f3855c89d62cc79644bd76464e61f070237209ecd512d4003b9c9e7f3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these compromised sites. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis are sufficient to determine the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/am479uq5p78gfarigpepm8iubj/17520188391.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160999e8bbbe39---pefamubabukiridulax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chokysitohang.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/litidazoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assotechne.eu/userfiles/files/banafijusizakoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a135db4ee32---sekitobojavizunibuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosquash.by/data/44244960405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b1f60e434---58966349370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797ffe58490---mabovozewud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/63938766611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db94271f809---31416300039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5649118e6cb7560264efc60601e563b0/36642097762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69533a794e39efc395108f113cd48e24/37532000892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u6a86a3aabhrnrtl515gujv122/5631607068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744a87ab841---wefaxaxifefidepamadot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e796387e6f2df7486fa13c45de7d9ec0/81243723942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-miyaco.com/img/file/202178163010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/266982b3a985166ae1a3638df18aa19f/pepokedipefowavamonenuluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd9c37eb76b---ladudisoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70545e7c3768d22d44f59f87de60ffe9/96874440280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stasta.com/userfiles/file/gozufuxaginiziwixowupos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/45501361767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jucadent.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69834510394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4463aaf5c---mepuvafiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/igh5rb0du55pgg1pqi5ibgodt6/42070300526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=least+common+multiple+of+3+and+15PDF 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_off0000f1f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1F2 16556 bytes
SHA-256: 32589bc99311c112f4789c5679eb82a28d265ee4f43a991e888dad0b743f5907
font_01_sfnt_off00011ce1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CE1 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 6b225088dc0b8504f700cb08539a180d38db8f913ff81aa207a0276424c7e044
font_02_sfnt_off000136c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1