Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba6173735e82e910…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 16:16:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c8fd3773f1cfd7d8acfb4e121ee979d4 SHA-1: 792e13daa857134cb3ab183f34dcfe31c0a051fa SHA-256: ba6173735e82e9108dfd31af1a4ec6d5b2256de32ef485da595ae88afcffcf14
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the malicious activity, such as redirecting the user to a malicious site or downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • 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 http://rotarylaspalmas.org/documentos/file/pomemugumedujo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://imapbook.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/fewagajezevevidikokuzake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giant-nano.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/muponujovigigeloke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rakowka.pl/userfiles/file/30738329277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dibafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nrgmedia.hu/files/file/nebubezufabadunapusejadej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/7028645162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azstorestudio.com/uploads/files/fezexoroxanabolez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/33686353458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctcitsupport.com/media/files/47516736316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/94509739472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingbakerypans.com/userfiles/file/jizodulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d21e72538---33010027607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystar.net/filespath/files/20210915205237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imihwa.com/uploads/image/20210908/files/20210908115458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biblioteka-koneck.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88882403451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66c61c257e593d94801c12ddc0ec2260/84826169483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kgedpdb2or46kvoibmiftds3p1/mexisoxuzakog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitacanes.com/uploads/files/fofakesarobutokabibukevix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///78188866653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/buvowodibawutalexafefipez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50244255825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelspace.pl/userfiles/file/zegiwosamixizejosifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traktorpulling.de/ablage/userfiles/files/43650287541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+check+my+phone+hacked+or+notPDF 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_off0000c334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC334 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 78214e3f551730b90a9cf9dc181e0e0b0533cb25d8fe520ac1820b603e5929be
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3DA 16196 bytes
SHA-256: b21e3aab943e27e764e3ae31e2bd26f59086189ec1f9102266480652ea1c0b23