Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba444c06c8e9d598…

MALICIOUS

PDF

115.0 KB Created: 2021-08-18 08:35:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 530a499a34faed427d19ede30b05f8cd SHA-1: 80a58cbece177738cb2d02ca722d0ef07217a592 SHA-256: ba444c06c8e9d598cdcf6a9bb69b0c9f1f6797e1f542b4fd15ef31305b80fb29
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing and malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.
  • 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://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l7sg1jui8t275jtkhosms7bdr6/mijused.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161074293c300b---44499610757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brazilairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sufebebar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39961073036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ec3ba5fb5---rilesetokidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/32473919171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb2578d06d---vixuwubegoxiduse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northmarking.com/userfiles/files/gidotafobatujox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2ac83a601b---datilojukimawokapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/kimovapigudawujugeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylabawadi.ae/userfiles/file/lanoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/65986570121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/duribatefuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d1d0963d3---pejizasoxevuritof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf4bedd64d6---30219590620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadtbild-intervention.de/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91095350211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edfccc8fd89d7920bda5b7acd240d2a0/fewidirowumeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajarnveerapong.com/UserFiles/file/80660424185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalgroupautos.com/files/others/19060206601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ommu6vk8npgcat68ja36o69931/mividolakiraxafudoxesuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fea12c7bb32ead4e25ef3ebcb25b01db/zemifurimuriwogivon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerbreadvillage.org/clients/e/e3/e396b250b60561adcb946853f9f62e29/File/852742003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/10251819742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=download+simcity+4+deluxe+edition+full+versionPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off00015710.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x15710 17492 bytes
SHA-256: 61b38a0f1425e170c41c6c2237164d227be380a73805ba83c5b76a5382ff733a
font_00_sfnt_off00013eff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017117.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17117 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 2dbec45876de198db83d66c93125a7d7bdcf39619ece0cd230cffc861c6d01fd
font_03_sfnt_off00018b66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18B66 18084 bytes
SHA-256: 1ab15b4a2e31f265b76d8acfc7ebdd630fd14869888432ba0ef855552454ff80