Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f80fbfcc05944938…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-07-26 04:00:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d306521eee85f181d7294cecc6fbd83f SHA-1: 0766366361589b2f23f04cc989982094e784cfea SHA-256: f80fbfcc0594493839614a08bc60bb7d5679f0dbae2082d9952a8c499dfd38af
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these compromised hosts. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple suspicious links is sufficient evidence of a malicious campaign.

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://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e266d1b41e99b6a97383fa974f7440/wizewumawabowoze.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tuanlongland.com/upload/files/rowexutejoneto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c795b049ad0b2afeebce9bd88c793a9/41651726668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kmlsk14ersa2l9iepa5khhc9m0/14467993442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef8d87b094---48683809398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hkfvf0jlcj15ptv8l9s8d5ce14/bakawikimodewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/bulilubamedired.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e9294973e6d---tobutovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilegt.mn/userfiles/files/23714766925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ac9bd1586---9412151364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c5a91280c---nowituvabunegela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterjobintl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jovexukatorejuxinebokubup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6cbcda4240---woseko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/70672703714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823d3491d09---38940110022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panama4d.com/contents//files/sonatidozojuzanewos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/olt8qkc7eo2lj38dhno2n89sod/xokolubusezetuvebibev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/pomat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ac379c33b---wokat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brucemsmithlaw.com/clients/e/e2/e252bfde01ef004f685a9648d307a4b9/File/sigov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/13931338876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608959243c8f4---23925531819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperten.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/84054820088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/minirimikevarazudefedawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/353df67dcfad283868f275525fbea690/85277673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=aws+certified+solutions+architect+associate+fresher+salary+in+indiaPDF 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_off00010ab5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AB5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000122cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122CC 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 6b762958e277826b42c0fb107749e9c3cedba8fbbe7142f8c257e689112d1a7c
font_02_sfnt_off00013be7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BE7 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 100f7390fbd66bb4b28df15bb098881539b3f6c4f277afb7add0a26b68689ecc