Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba20cbea114b8bc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-27 07:59:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c4571070c209ea9b90b722c5d863ccf4 SHA-1: 80bb6babf5508733eeaefeba15d593a9261522d6 SHA-256: ba20cbea114b8bc405c8232089bd2132ee42b3d7e2a3fe3ac8eb6216aa144222
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. Although no scripts were extracted, the presence of numerous external URLs and the overall structure strongly suggest the document's purpose is to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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 http://okfilm.kr/userData/board/file/sefuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///zulavedojoxefadofamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64af564617d2cb721fd20ed0a125a968/joxubozedidekono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pointerboards.com/uploads/admin/files/bomuvila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphaconsultinggroup.us/vpw/images/file/nupigovafewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d38c61ec65---89044506518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl_adresuserfiles/file/49957006710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://legendtec-eg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6qhocjc39s0p7t2p9fmbb2v22/kifutenedene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/zanusozojuwomevig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86d073f8d0a8714bfa81f3aded626f1f/mapijisozatelametakad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-coeur-du-temps.com/userfiles/file/tibogejamis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b98ce41549cf4af279b902d7443e077/jorusikiwibixifogunini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/32803211150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/svnd8j2lc7kalcie6u67h4psq1/xekakowevomudejupesowij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenoferro.com/userfiles/file/boxuzenedixodifajube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e232e9222d2e68ab2d7807ca3b9f847/67374842258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/vewogawanafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083041c36ff8---vefasivegadamodosusarare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bepxuyenviet.com/upload/files/24186061529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d38f4c03ec840ce4545a45116fdb643/88557810132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c42954c4efb86af89f63f345f77d961d/javid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.ru/resimler/files/kojadutilinodalos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2grn492nejj3fincnu1v8t9j3/25983893849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d7382e5f5---busadupajova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://u15.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49278515951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/mowoxugoxolezojuwolapif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B8+6+%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81PDF 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_off0000e5f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5F6 23076 bytes
SHA-256: 45827047de81f842c0bf74ce47d78a47bf82b5ce84f3f75487ba5109c9eb1078
font_01_sfnt_off00011f6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F6C 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 455f8e3ed6b49ff75310eadb5a524c648ff4475968587e9fffaf5562ae8b032a
font_02_sfnt_off000137e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1