Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba26f9b648099a4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:49:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 1a0d8db6868bf5d6b3f59b1a92a6d5d1 SHA-1: f51d3696025f52216f51bdf6e0a5462105d85178 SHA-256: ba26f9b648099a4f31bde37ec8a22326e8b09e1f04274b704305fa2d2fb9f2de
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or distribute payloads from various sources. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vl4eu48rvohmk7spf02deotfn/67767969234.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pedemariserevoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/unetekidulituwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd427aa760---81192842873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3ab79b4b1---zukezawaluwejijuwalev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t30kahpvetmdh96sl58omc0qcn/24019078533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e764bc485f---papuxuxatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/zojaxuresago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents//files/20517377971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ytdrive.com/CKEdit/upload/files/71616818167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pajurioverslas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juponobonegaradoralofonax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210719145936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutek.eu/userfiles/file/vigujipuvorabezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k1a.ru/images/files/file/15445575863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhakhoasaigonkimcuong.com/uploads/images/files/95355155523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be246d658d3ab2e6e8a7aa48fed7a380/71279616577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e65d6b3dda---laxujubunix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/10973635535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpressivelabels.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43742316941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aonetreks.com/uploads/file/masumiwomijiwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/51144561738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qwert5.com/psum/admin/userfiles/file/gorodejegakiloxezazas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5231a03cb1339efdd842d57a90b76c23/75427259085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb1f097b6eb---desinovuwuxoduzidubojeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.cn/upload/56039318167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=propiedades+fisicas+de+los+gases+nobles+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_off0000d33e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD33E 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 04e8784e01ec25e258e57a3cd5b9a356bd99ef3e89abfa3fbeb6495b86502430
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000103f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103F0 19572 bytes
SHA-256: e51a724388a0416a77c6ab391c6b46e1c5560f7ff760c35482da77d2a388c5e2