Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e80052387e187ec3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 13:55:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: e519b995af5959f4fe8364e9aa99d8cc SHA-1: e82db8a23229b77ca565d69f7a953a1c52c38bd9 SHA-256: e80052387e187ec30163850bc225730b1c7a73460eceea407a84ee5dccc7a639
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' shows links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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
  • 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://aaaxxion.info/images/file/12395602451.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--psg-9lac.hu/files/files/zevoxakupelutamuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aa1602d3a3---71511048057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linardi.ru/files/file/58356106396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paroles-vives.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77387024571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eed2cd2c05c653903eea4b4b6cd2c8a/zovejubosop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/95112209764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136516c0cc29---93321473938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shriramsteels.in/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31791276242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/navode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccs-corporation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xusotigitilapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/vibotenufilax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae611898b23599116de235ac3d88bbbf/tebazuxuxunaxopol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsydesign.com/userfiles/jws/files/49243089978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietkinggroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/35520294932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioschicchi.eu/userfiles/files/xisigegarevoposupogirala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cddfct.com/up_files/file/tuzopovuwagobetulepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seghers.kr/data/editor/file/4259033596137d91d6c119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datenglagi.com/contents/files/papubeladarij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreamsurgerycn.com/ckupload/files/mupulepeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profitaler.com/UserFiles/file/97411266313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharmnet.cz/ckfiles/files/files/jezupubexosam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/34519805513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ultimate+motorcycle+simulator+apk+hackPDF 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_off0000d99d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD99D 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 6ee4f708f0fb994543bd4ea63dde445a85d712361ec4ecd10324f16aa8588107
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ac5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC5 17012 bytes
SHA-256: 9a4f5e4cb53d748c4b91c53e084b82505927363d93582a437ac87fe7cb06c14f