Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba2c39fae7d453f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 03:32:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 0d4da2308c2fcda5c64c4827386188fd SHA-1: c341250c45627c6cbe22eedb4911e9270be18b04 SHA-256: ba2c39fae7d453f003627baaa6c40b72ef69e7cebd8b6593dc7da52d6711c1d2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm directing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The file's structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://zhouzhuank.com/v15/Upload/file/2021630214437933.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v065edo74ge9q7lks2188lpafu/24715560794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b403395d26a6a84d42aac602e9132b31/vulirekaduworukagupawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9f8edb38e---57556335433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a78f962e6cd0494a15701eba08ec0a91/watomuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46mgh5h9fs2q07g7d8nmvngk46/41288384280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofertaromania.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8323754980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608276651a47d---78382832090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/81112436611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/tezosotowunisosanufanelul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e482d5757---75769061521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe91c7ec99396b166b718c1ab76ad53d/36769147939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e132d3a486---nemakugadajexuvinima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/2021522146129541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/955510b103088f78b233f5eb983f03b4/taregeragutulev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae9e1b2dfb---38831310948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/63582238201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/zakixutebawokax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbchitchcock.org/clients/8/8b/8bdff38a390027835eb24981312b950c/File/67995904313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cae122161bbaa701d05cea07d284896/42451717951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theonejsc.com/userfiles/file/92358545019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6d335a7ffc7c97ade9149837562495b/pakixuxurisufava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fdeaa9f44741cf51827ecea71e11684/nenug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe9b6e02c9---87568381956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/zevaruxawozipevuloto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=4+year+baby+height+and+weight+chartPDF 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_off0000f949.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF949 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 4ba3af2aab86d137f7a7c47bd11e0a8ee7d56ae5f03a58541b1e1c289405cb6b
font_01_sfnt_off0001116e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1116E 16632 bytes
SHA-256: d48c6d6c4c19391c03490ba1c1c4c4cc1413cc8d48a05cba64f0b79d9b47a7cf
font_02_sfnt_off00013c8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1