Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f80be0e229fadc2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:56:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b585a6787bcc3b9248c070b9b71f22dd SHA-1: 4a6771a97362941ca1316e4b13b5b3c8db41e5c7 SHA-256: f80be0e229fadc2c7b3085b0388a4d9ea296a5df12ae5a9a3101030eeb1cf544
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The presence of embedded JavaScript further suggests malicious intent, likely to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support a malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9940

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 http://learningkey.org/userfiles/gejuselufusuwikakakafimo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8b324ccb29---ritirosazakeromiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/gigawuwudiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maszyny.pl/userfiles/file/nulepetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://change4best.ru/upload/file/numaxeluzeveruri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gillsandgeckos.com/userfiles/file/jadinuwegiluzon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolaykanal.com/userfiles/files/xafekubunedoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deshpanday.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kizetuxegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onellenorzes.com/uploads/files/kovetup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5o46o60k01lmlm7nu86mkdnvo/32028960450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papianiarch.it/userfiles/files/joxisikunizumek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m6vqlvc21f49ncvociha9fqte1/23175983264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinanxintiandi.com/userfiles/files/92968912664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a747a3af8c9206d38af433b7a18b4c21/nevaluwiseder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/10880885045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whkmradio.com/userfiles/file/39006467542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105987a8c724---jowuzesakigemime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naves.cz/res/file/67206254515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jjojrm0p5983creogb576go38i/bifarusakinevij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a0cb82745---lofejebobovogamubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.enjoyvaltellina.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83977736332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607852fd3ff26---jumejonodibabajonatimis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hesexpo.com/img/editor/image/file/96054180639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizumuwavusagaxaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=primo+star+operating+manualPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d70c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD70C 16348 bytes
SHA-256: eaecd8d8fd522c10bb6c38e7bcc7847058292b0b1d3079742b93441128788822
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED7D 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 54d28d24ba84016e1e6329f7358fa2f2fe657c1985caac5e685de6d10d229e96
font_02_sfnt_off00010600.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10600 20952 bytes
SHA-256: fc7bad9333a9cbc877299e48638ab48ec436637859f89ec9718fafeb7b7cbba8
font_03_sfnt_off00013a24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1