Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba3472e2177084f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:23:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 91eae7321196cfa565258e3d154081be SHA-1: 18a1f6ce6851cce5bbcf01ba23856f7ac0e6b0df SHA-256: ba3472e2177084f36b03f634d97d458a763a9eddd7d88092955adadcf5a34e85
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. This indicates a likely phishing or malicious redirection attempt, potentially to deliver a second-stage payload or lead users to fraudulent content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tristan+manco+stencil+graffiti+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/vojojojoworo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertcomptablecourreges.fr/michel_courreges/userfiles/file/jopezirakamoxerotasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.velkoobchod-man.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81422161661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/borup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philipp-haberland.de/images/upload/file/dotipet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h6ckgut3d4d3dhak1vbkkakg00/69265595767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kryotherapie.net/neu/userfiles/file/58985700527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clean-ecology.com/Upload/files/giwitupomuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0618b9bec---sisudogajinuzobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/files/79993994541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detector-billetes.com/Imagenes/file/benawizewowige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47f8fd587f---68143809154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zavalinka.by/var/upload/file/watigumirujuworejaravowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27453966487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17e6c08f0f1df2f17fdaffda78e13d69/52592478090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b90dd35f890---koxefevuvupijunufid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f82c1287b---zizaxegozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agapetown.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32919414471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketdoanbus.com/webroot/img/files/94516186725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4bf417fd30---13215139762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangs-ns.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210614043818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dagvandearchitectuur.be/_files/file/vuvesozarul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/dewuxavojudelofexak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dc1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f435.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF435 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 90f1a3b24e096c7815ae072969861250a2b762186140e87f6360251e4ab3cee9
font_02_sfnt_off00010d48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D48 19032 bytes
SHA-256: 0f69685a372de3061136b4a6554468c16d8fa32f64363062d02892fbf44c43b6