Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba561a0c240679de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 02:26:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 79f997118a5b4c1a694ddeba733413e3 SHA-1: 922a0592698b99515bdff68a918fda4f21ebcd11 SHA-256: ba561a0c240679de6b9302d7712f20ad2ad07038c4e091fe9100fed157d26d92
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms and appear to be part of a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links suggests the PDF's primary function is to redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608548831f816---5495454014.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0460573c3---96852817033.pdf
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f89f650d19d44fbe06e886c761388a55/9339026039.pdf
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sinukefanudin.pdf
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65a74094c1259a8c00b8d2d2864556c3/mipupusozarulikub.pdf
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbe4707ebc---78917268038.pdf
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf0ba6222f9---71028662677.pdf
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suvamozigab.pdf
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/buzumumat.pdf
    • https://petrovsky14.ru/docs/files/zukimotedajegobugax.pdf
    • http://davcpundri.com/css/file/murifivawikekuvawuxizaw.pdf
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/84532190256.pdf
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/bitimagunuk.pdf
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b50ec9e20d0350f121ab3e1ca2b58cc/55087310070.pdf
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be7bdb58283---pemifogukituxegaza.pdf
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080db7191584---tuwameguxepomoputunax.pdf
    • http://latexindia.com/userfiles/file/zosubakijabuz.pdf
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/521e50418ad418bf79027e4142c34347/pujuvineridevefix.pdf
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/14889548469.pdf
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d9431b196---jugitajezirafitivebezufej.pdf
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b936282229b---xizavokofele.pdf
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/48890284443.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=lesson+plan+on+domestic+animals+for+kindergarten
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010fe0.bin
463da360e26e9836caf932348393d91474d12131c6d4376d4ddd1f34013e8364
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FE0 11012 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001293b.bin
9af79c5ec142047c1cf860e510cd4c5a382a539de68a09e4c4045a64a5bc3945
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1293B 17684 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015728.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15728 16792 bytes