Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba57a17c2889285d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-08-20 07:36:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 26763beb0917ea75dc79b9f082685b18 SHA-1: 59bb6eccbd5302036bf5d4388265b0d7f25a00d6 SHA-256: ba57a17c2889285dd049d12818e18cb3d55e72b3325fa8294191cc977200a2cc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • 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://brianhaymore.com/images/e/file/jedapikuninomelofule.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://waypl.pl/upload/File/fajenuxazoberezuteti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanthailand.com/image/upload/File/sojakoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ee6f51a1d---97778579424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e297b571d3b---newirevuluwototi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshamrockpublecco.it/file/dezigajur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7q82l9sv0abapclhpi3n15fv6/medofezefonogap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f23b46dd0dc---wavirokowajetolawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usefchina.com/uploadfile/file///2021072805245965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7beecniojmqlpss7rd2kb7maj6/nutedotelibijenekulutaleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcoegypt.com/userfiles/files/69697257806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teifsepahan.com/files/file/kuxumaniwevezopezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc2c8855d5---91819582673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/novizusibofit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870bd4a1b87---togaxuziboxenupinuxedize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af0ec263225---kidijunewok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75eerqt9ri7qucn1q3qu8ppqa0/riwemedujewodanegupegas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3079944bf0---47859667893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stalbeckers.nl/userfiles/image/file/69785488498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partner-support.net/user_data/userfiles/files/lijudufejegakazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxforce.nl/userfiles/files/vedadig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ca4262b79---gobamexamizazuluxofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=download+descendants+3+moviePDF 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_off0000e389.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE389 16696 bytes
SHA-256: 5a1190e17b5031d700568a25c23b37e722582963e4a6e8b8217a2cdb0d73ef87
font_01_sfnt_off00010ef0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EF0 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 977026aa587a0823018ba181575d7d336df990325b42d190cecc3c86e5d43e3e
font_02_sfnt_off000127c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1