Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba19870e71b7cb43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-09 22:45:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7592ba431aa767fc4d9264edbaed27b2 SHA-1: 7c1fde2da0fc9646407a833ce889127caf1d628d SHA-256: ba19870e71b7cb43471bf8b7d509fa46ec29e15bb3d7bcde65f0771ec3a93f96
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript points to T1059.007, and the overall delivery mechanism is consistent with T1566.001.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=baixar+midnight+club+3+para+android PDF link annotation
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dulutufamoranakenanoken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87569962708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhahangthanghuong.com/uploads/files/22251855957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/41067619749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.ca/userfiles/file/mosadevekavajirasow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqnuah47cujqqa4q64jaq7fe9b/84714483902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kantipursecurity.com/userfiles/file/49226539411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grasslandtj.com/upload/files/71346605810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paglialonga.it/userfiles/files/nojawogefakusewevunofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuehle-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vetexajodokumuzajogobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/vetefonimibel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rizecanreklam.com/images/file/bunabiromifamoluxubixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e863db220---28729577969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proclima-membranes.ru/userfiles/file/ferevebasevironom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ng-sons.com/userfiles/file/70188956177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeevandeepspecialcare.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xexubefitepekudamajonani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613132c33e4dd---bubenilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moonlightmontessori.com/upload/files/bubezesazunujenejonosix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apartmani-mestrovic-krk.hr/files/75885168796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/dewuxerimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161314945e77a7---babek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.smartfutureexpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pofatag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/mifogakuzikej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/17179196960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d1fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1FA 11228 bytes
SHA-256: d9b2a33b35d8457fff1f02693bdb935f3dd5a51174d91fcfd7852432bd765b6f
font_01_sfnt_off0000eba7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBA7 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 1c28f91c61798a1fdab1a3317d67e6ea22608677b2069d0c23d6d07ad16e4b26
font_02_sfnt_off00011961.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11961 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1