Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba70ff2492b76012…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-11 18:59:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 049c7efd93831d88fd73e7d162c0edc3 SHA-1: 053e935381596f433988d2771727ad192a459957 SHA-256: ba70ff2492b76012f39b3e9453f0125d26565c43ea6c41062285701bb7ce7d61
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by a ClamAV signature and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are structured as link farms on disposable hosting. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious or phishing content, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7916

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://pastadimatteo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96948423549.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://memsports.com.br/admin/libs/ckeditor/ckfinder/files/48262162077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexsafetyproducts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48106094653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delfosventures.com/userfiles/files/fuxofonisukipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaiger.ru/img/file/jadomegepejamegimamoviba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firstpages.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xirilusawifafubenugupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jorobapegiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc1898f8961233ae1d4147ed55fb01f9/nifawabipifuxupisopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6n28au71qlu7tscqg796b9h46/bejikizosewun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gagiongvitgiong.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bomezewasenugegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flcevent.fcu.edu.tw/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210904110017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orel-trinity.ru/sites/default/files/file/doxukotanijosajibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinivideo.hu/sites/infinivideo/files/99221947687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piotrkowska77.pl/zdjeciafile/86418942709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/84677562476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ariconium.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47773450505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://27061010.com/uploads/files/202109061638383515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruiqingchem.com/upload/files/detalabusaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polandpools.com/contents/files/96313551335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f45df6a345---59996202174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atletika-pardubice.cz/files/file/medajavasosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=pubg+lite+sensitivity+settings+without+gyroscopePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b97a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB97A 16520 bytes
SHA-256: a6c3f9ddbf4f960dd5c04b8f4283d52e02d2fd564e59e9b4eddd2038775199af
font_01_sfnt_off0000e40f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE40F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC26 11000 bytes
SHA-256: e621a531aa48bb61cd2e125f57714e45e4aecbcbb698ce84a2c42b624393d0ad