Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba2cfee110a15ff9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:54:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b963c9b8683db4de274c9324eca36171 SHA-1: d6a9a13ff17240a78231f99c83cbc2b3c16a60f2 SHA-256: ba2cfee110a15ff95c734cace18859dee81847ce4fe2c25f1a83085dadf02013
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to phish or deliver a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/zibigixikikiva.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://doganagolosa.it/file/22831763685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6b640fbbd66b44477e681a44cbb0c59/zivazasorisagewuwugokinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2f9ed1bf770e2254c1a53359f53777c/79262801673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/jurolulokawiwalajiroxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rencontres-icare.org/userfiles/file/56796058092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maciejabramowicz.pl/upload/files/file/busorape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novastal.pl/userfiles/file/47109087741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lunaleo.pl/userfiles/file/2698907144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiszaikaland.hu/upload/file/40661052662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/losajivumumutomipagepimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f01fff2a1e---lusetivolazibefomumujowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/vozumufijuzulitizewos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b150052714caf838a011db313e381305/rajifiguxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/3606498045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sofufike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/59989841801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/65537288144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29a2c5691a51474702ae96a2602d3a2b/39711713796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5435d813f0363c660d094be3c358b08/zibuwifanejazusejoramu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erictex.com/ufiles/files/poduzefofukuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/96447623695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+record+a+facetime+call+with+soundPDF 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_off0000e75f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE75F 18436 bytes
SHA-256: 207cba7e4fd4c4208cdc571c66e210c59abafb38dde5f0b36c4479d43d394aac
font_01_sfnt_off000116b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ece.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ECE 10916 bytes
SHA-256: fa112925e61d7384d9f8aad13bb3b280302ad8fda1f0e8b9356fff7484bcb5d3