Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba2ee55a4df9a25b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-09-20 23:47:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 77e471475c496f4df2467c773810fe0e SHA-1: 62059ae9156cd550a2650c52c9687873e9780f34 SHA-256: ba2ee55a4df9a25b3c0bd7e1c107f7b3daa65de8285ca66e4ca3ef78b68f8a6b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are identified as a link farm pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+keyword+rank+checker+tool
    • http://wedding-box100.com/uploads/files/202109070945062918.pdf
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17600952424.pdf
    • http://lnshiyue.com/userfiles/file/20210907043515_1862768651.pdf
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c6e005964d---padawujomu.pdf
    • http://supair-lux.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59300643233.pdf
    • https://suavitinhtannha.net/upload/files/lorexilewutituvovufobab.pdf
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents/files/jezuzizonizuneritefod.pdf
    • https://tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35347290996.pdf
    • http://ipceurope.com/assets/file/11312697484.pdf
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d67aa26cb---sowivelininegilari.pdf
    • https://premiersuli.hu/files/files/fufoxibudu.pdf
    • http://skulpt.in/admin/uploads/file/40375777014.pdf
    • http://www.motionmantra.com/userfiles/files/gijuvarulu.pdf
    • http://studiozammuner.eu/userfiles/files/suzufibuxa.pdf
    • http://rhondachem.com/d/files/24424209121.pdf
    • http://villkasz.hu/editor_up/95392325819.pdf
    • http://n2nlah.org/UserFiles/file/fifufusa.pdf
    • http://seksdagen.nl/userfiles/file/nekazizezexotuzovap.pdf
    • https://piti.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/75200583818.pdf
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161454101009e9---nudafasonederatijerubuwe.pdf
    • http://sdtrafficticketlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/6008671627.pdf
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613762cd6141d---nolekokemovile.pdf
    • http://lifebeachvilla.com/uploads/image/files/wipefokokugobiva.pdf
    • https://ddtoyz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26605126202.pdf
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/26886611245.pdf
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/41044346167.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000102d0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102D0 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011ae7.bin
9b274a5f8d59809883feb8a94854d58067703747024ac6457b0fb3b427a0f203
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AE7 10476 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000132ac.bin
97aae91a30d6bd6e5433cea08346a49e0a6bc1fa520d49ce22676d48a3f92cda
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132AC 18020 bytes