Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba5a07de2e8b6259…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 23:22:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8f9018a5970147011abc966ca15df2dc SHA-1: 786cf835735fe1ea0bd205fc856bcc4c3c0ba0dd SHA-256: ba5a07de2e8b625990aa0d40f15b8a879e1db4b499f32cef8279faea8259e2a6
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to various disposable hosting sites, some of which are compromised WordPress uploads. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=3d+shapes+in+maths PDF link annotation
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/78680127099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/915dc584716f4f3780c73286142f30e2/mixixukoxawagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/nofupilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161437485bd624---mifuzavivasaniramafel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-14/20210914060727721363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mavelikaradiocese.org/rapha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9578438430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/25580770281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f32ceb00a06f77542d88a35368e5005e/mopimura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaushalango.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/kirifegilixazij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161333aef79e0d---wifudebekowowum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/rulivenefawogov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamardaegu.com/upfile/user/file/79939897132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nena-artspace.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83790786218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landonintergroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71886888576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsdbiopharm.com/upload/files/30431887214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hykylalumni.org/userfiles/sefug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotoippc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/josasoturedesisetev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5213294583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613df8bacfee9---duzizerefifesilixojosote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etest.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/17369846366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613507895ad26---nafagusogurumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafichesirio.com/userfiles/files/ragawubufoxozenov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transportdiverse.com/uploads/files/55202784906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81658783473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfoleyinc.com/userfiles/file/23759123532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e02c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE02C 10464 bytes
SHA-256: dc74a4134b926bf9f372b9090dca0fc967f18bf23e662c16e917fe23811f338c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7BC 18016 bytes
SHA-256: 06d79f12a1ce81db4ab42f48f43e4d2cfeda22c52b8a0b34450ef537dde83cee
font_02_sfnt_off00012684.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12684 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1