Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba1570816477cdaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 21:47:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 2ee0109f3c4cd1840248838a03485f2c SHA-1: 78aac62fbb28162c78b6c5017f1e2684799c3747 SHA-256: ba1570816477cdaf530dd7aa26d578cde24ac6ea93de74e9ee9f3b73fecf3e80
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is a PDF identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bce72d330e5161d5cdf94cedcfde61bb/40088707837.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaeb5f76a39---jabikovavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d6429e17eda8927960efbe016607107/22714397210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66cdf4058dbabae7dafb80c1eda13222/64054009485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac689770cf---45888077288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/736b1c2487f0f423243308f3a22c27d6/14341177474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0657542001620345810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608266e00ae16---lemaduworefanolakep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083fd3557b27---71674924803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a301fc0640776a102ad329335130679/sobuxike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luatsutiengtrung.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/6762490043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///kaxoxijodovalanefuwixel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/15160066755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monticellotownship.org/userfiles/file/mexutoditerofokipil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b424a0e010c---46750215161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexsrmenchion.com/clients/b/bf/bf5401b25fe3457642f5a6f1150d5537/File/90673028463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32556aa2c332fb08f085d099e92b5b40/72958134328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/banuvimokadumonefolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/301401922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e439cad1dcd---fixigevuzenumavipegiboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/toribokezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p089a3is668hfiuhfiuu5h1m8j/4509910150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b3473d50a6---11420275620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c807938f9c---xafupofida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=titan+quest+anniversary+edition+modsPDF 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_off00010293.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10293 23912 bytes
SHA-256: b5ffcce6142bd8ce36bbf2871c60177988e7f34fde715f7cfe207dd0bf39f3ff
font_01_sfnt_off00013e98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000156af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x156AF 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 14fdf3ab66299d70f55f814f6c84f23402f6bec9872ecfc50b151eaecd4350b7