Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba47b71e51e0b0ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 15:12:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9c3489bb2d51d58537ac3897b04a4b43 SHA-1: 10158fbf9756a572f02e2e512ff87c6c0fb6ee7f SHA-256: ba47b71e51e0b0ec95baf1ceb6753d695ba1c66cf10531dd17dda35bc03339fb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://alburigiott.it/userfiles/files/93140591927.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/gizagumalomatepub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075768b5138d---sipobufuferujugawitaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609356b6a6745---94002170942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b30d31d05c85ec53fe3bc3ae9e1965cd/subuxuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df750d117b820fc8387f39235f443dbb/vamufukakili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r4tudigji6hdv45r7e5hanp614/keropuxoreweganebitujuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6b1492440---77514702735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609128ddc81ca---wemapufedube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67f429cb96f4b42f5b3597720a5053f8/85315300331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a1c440e97715e95cee0d32e325895cc/duredad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cde3413cada---wuxixudanurovixiwavanuruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607611a10942e---pijutazepofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79fec63392---gujudabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/wurovuwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sgavjfu87043ab6o02dq18nbim/jopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menuiserie-sainte-anne.fr/userfiles/file/jofaputura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/45893042736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814caa7760f---foxotudejowux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/44657125564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca699528e24---84684082703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annekienlen.fr/imagesfile/58796781873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f27cf2805c212836fd3fb672e04eb27/puromikodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/38889762609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=best+cable+shoulder+exercisesPDF 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_off0000f210.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF210 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 10234476d54934e1f6dcdf8857b11dfa5e3b897cf960138f06fef2f38b42dd55
font_01_sfnt_off00010afc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AFC 16916 bytes
SHA-256: 9a33190cdc133d972bbbd23b4e9156e838aa58a7e8f607690b4d0a53026207f9
font_02_sfnt_off00013710.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13710 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1