Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba4cfd7df556f5eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:19:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ad61565b57973ff4b54adb80699ce90c SHA-1: 340620e84dd7e075076e50f084a22874aaa9bce6 SHA-256: ba4cfd7df556f5eb510efb5a8c0f2d89681b2cd760dccc0bcc14038e4735b20c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with high-severity heuristics indicating it contains links to algorithmically-generated URLs hosted on compromised CMS uploads. These links likely serve as a lure to download further malicious content or redirect to phishing sites. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 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://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d083c93d618bd34638dff3c053384ddd/jarijodejipetu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rsfhkenmssd3q3cvcivnc7d0s4/wodogodijejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/46871437622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocastigli.eu/userfiles/files/2338983740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160919d96ca78f---92741144754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.sk/upload/62766124913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d80774e46c9326c13e57810fb1ecbf2/3445990916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/japikepavuruxosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb5bf3f8a0---banuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/zemagasazulidob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73cd5f3d5c54ae7c9b5d83a23bb77e86/19459419249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1g0gdba13io1cnulvi73b464gh/97203628903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b95ccf3dde9---rutijozuruwifewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/35792747115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/85074975406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1afklwjc5g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35177071486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/wunosopuvagiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaihotelsale.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210710_1B8C510A475BD7BF.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5hsdllrucbksj564loamcevc2/41322111399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/2465672350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmaicharmingtravel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6874375979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--djr00fsyfv0o5qgy9u.com/filespath/files/20210822062548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/553466702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jubileejec.com/userfiles/files/32749995160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=present+continuous+grammar+explanation+pdfPDF 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_off0000d576.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD576 18560 bytes
SHA-256: 1fceb42417a4cc252bc61e2dc54ed758940c21195cb5b73ed67aa2f60e8fb14c
font_01_sfnt_off000104a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011cb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB7 11168 bytes
SHA-256: 0c24603122bdcf60308aa200f5db1da5bd23f90d23ac6b0accc123445512eead