Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba11c2e7266d634d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-12 08:43:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: cc4f5554c0252b2ef5abeaf8a91bd6ce SHA-1: a64c0526624ffb9d5908e5b46b7d0c2613daedb2 SHA-256: ba11c2e7266d634d804af7579046f1eb74b661a202ac89908c245be484c19794
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and an ML classifier, containing embedded JavaScript. It functions as a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/27236219109.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://globalcenterhotels.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/92677726089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326d468645f---muxojoxekobafikevuwusuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12417154739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hferrynetworks.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_A5781B5C4D115A92.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profesa.net/userFilesfile/80732325414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee14d02f2bfd0af62ef4c887db006b41/85389441843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibanghanoi.com/uploads/files/77309369669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gymlesgeants.com/upload/editor/file/mirofokofubokamopewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/wysiwygfiles/file/27855408603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/zufotam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://observatoire-omic.org/documents/file/niwodutiwadelurumexeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7fba06e8a2f217140b85a0f3f917e7b/67018878932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikeid.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33728079716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnumprint.ru/upload/files/ziwodozogomofubaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/18403928154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ginecologmuresan.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57640066992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/54002352051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt2.com/contents/files/lixijifigafuxoxudexug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f7bd7a2b0d---tebivixawux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simsvizag.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file///dizefofadolubawelowigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21230365250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38b0556611f53f2226607d80f112326e/nobomut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyochonbuenapark.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/60916473469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dishandspoonproductions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sefutisikepulebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwaterpure.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mexadapimomamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=la+magia+del+orden+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_off0000c4f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4F9 19488 bytes
SHA-256: 0549b61ff9637ebecfd7d7733fc802d3edafcbfeec02163c0600245d3137f537
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6DF 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 9e2d9d1547e663f87237651ac043e929a2f11c5f6c2708f839dda01c0626e89e
font_02_sfnt_off00010e81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1