Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba415ef435c95867…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-07-23 17:10:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 035bead0f7868847c99a6150bca8060a SHA-1: ace0bb87caba5cbcf8a11c52e40fe844d83f9c2e SHA-256: ba415ef435c95867322d1f9df172828e13d09f84a4c62254cdbbcbfd63da7299
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://angel-juicer.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210715_4F4BE5D0BD2AAFE2.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://funcarele.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86875237135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15aea0f0d75c8d318603adca3f5f0a62/bosalevivugegesos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamnguoc.vn/img/files/81826551080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://challendor.com/fckeditor/upload/file/18930370468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/1530621337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab2563c469b6cbcf017a65fd63c9059b/ganijokomalodivepawoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0bc9ec5eda---lawufevofagunowebugekone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607855f785dd9---18323984918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgqq.hk/tony/churchofgod/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41572180049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/kusitumaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdjt.com/images/upload/File/fiwofegugasigifakeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb87f94b9e---37300983657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhhyhb.com/uploadfiles/files/bedutizilenojedukovuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.com/users//file/95726670536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d94fbb26bf1e762436f82786d8b28765/dubenajesugefemowibef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chsjackets75.com/clients/a/ae/ae1e0d6431e3080ad3d3eb1024a27f31/File/65434549429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/93936443454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f083c3792c5---28440561097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ec48b9d340e578be2aea79009e3b1c8/buvid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/79107661800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb9fc76cbe4---kidizadabama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75qgpshcggkjvhk84guvk54n65/putisobepofugeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d18d17971d---57451464176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=gumtree+belfast+cars+for+salePDF 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_off00010433.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10433 10580 bytes
SHA-256: b2a75ecd7035a5088ebb3ce41ddd122096f7abaaad5db3ea9c1c0869f37b1cdd
font_01_sfnt_off00011c69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C69 17468 bytes
SHA-256: cf48b7e278a24cd918b96e080da126db8471a38f816ee0ad1bc685b637293542
font_02_sfnt_off00014a17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A17 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1