Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba5e3e7cb01c4228…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:51:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 61cd9f458cad8012c476b6f093fcdcc5 SHA-1: be4721db201711911df1307eb41039efed973db0 SHA-256: ba5e3e7cb01c4228c33609fa8040d05b6ac551fcee722e3ef3af884e634daada
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious sites. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a malicious intent to trick users into clicking through to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/bupepe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/7460774932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b3519a71e5---86554548463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rq92h0637hhnrtvsiot0hkntg/zivumemupuxexexaxamaripor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d904b531a9c---48748750978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j538ctqli5rohorn0m4a3u7at5/dolunafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenmodels.ru/uploads/files/pudesolometusaripofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tunnel.de/files/uploaded/file/fifuxaruxewokigif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellgroup.cz/UserFiles/File/66529069417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/3951959301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a332fe2919---49143473145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcockeysville.com/uploads/files/nasigamabosorotitafekuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-yang.tw/taiyang/upload/file/tegukubapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inventory-acepipe.com/images/uploads/files/787344066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814bad3d5b9---42237608647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e9211453a1c---32412099895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school19-zav.ru/userfiles/file/vomerotinafulom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/dobese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6208c977cf44a6d2d0129fa6be64f0c7/bexalogakebukazeluzagiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senhewood.com/d/files/81469866953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://littleitalypizzany.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/42108037488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/23841237914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albizy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27426300666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rorolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/13386448198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e4d1597f8---refexenaxoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=possessive+nouns+adjectives+and+pronouns+exercises+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_off0000e1ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1EC 18184 bytes
SHA-256: d6b443c2800d5b27d5b27637333516c5e06875c2d4aa5d3550a6a5ab09160871
font_01_sfnt_off000110f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001290a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1290A 10964 bytes
SHA-256: b740f13d59598142a23b63c75f3e08022416fe94d6f866e951dd4e2543a68f0d