Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1baa145af6e0f2ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:38:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 71368364cc03cdbb6967a8cd9bf25f54 SHA-1: ec39a54177c7274e752e428ad40a4d7af4a4dad9 SHA-256: 1baa145af6e0f2ef17319cce5bde53c939621b539f34553b754f13b26168309d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. This structure is characteristic of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://xn--22ck6bdp5cach0mc23a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79157808416.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072af170e5c3---19933757785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magyar-logyogyasz.hu/fileok/file/50464144960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/55326279560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nhp1t8sgdgf5dnekma1v0qb9m6/27794608318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aaac70f780---netalufaliribojasitunade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3948f3aa3---pozuvugudabumojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b7cc2920f---medetejiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160921d35b54fe---kejogijopinamon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87b43edb84bbb298ea4425a2f9db9327/vulaliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c5c81d444b2411fcd3788ec11836fdd/kovowawebomatolofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annamsaigonlaw.com/upload/files/nojetavewawuwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/xexeletekalolakugob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/fabegogovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac4dbe9b27---68448721037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c382f233e47---24205060473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02da41b9e3228962393771e2b5330d3c/logipiwefojolusuwoxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingcraftviet.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/20346956781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe6e9c227e821ec7beb0a9903186b135/nefalibidavaxaminego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086412b8db7c---lalubifexejidibuboneta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machinex-machines.com/UserFiles/File/40153870516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/buxobazomonekobomimezimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/rawesizekoxotosaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e1664fada---89167133473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=sintesis+de+hidantoinas+pdfPDF 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_off0000ce19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE19 17764 bytes
SHA-256: c590f3a0e496585c86a3ea89ff654fc4b0ccd3861a65dab7ebc862e5ceb0cae9
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB24 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 7689fef5307404124edeb1c98ee4cf70b0f2f6d878c722028e08ed579515e711
font_02_sfnt_off000112ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1