Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba730f95be86fe51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-29 08:44:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8997052afcc467f26af94da20e0648e9 SHA-1: d1da54b26996e3117e88f8fa08fb9ef6ec72e63d SHA-256: ba730f95be86fe515280bcb370633241c2e376d567750e64ec1bc4d8c8df731d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier, indicating a phishing attempt. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The document's structure and content align with typical phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/lavonigiwirek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cupta.org/userfiles/files/20210918121432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josquin-capella.de/download/42046028222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriboldi.eu/userfiles/files/17960021468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anticacarsulaeborzoi.eu/userfiles/files/32348778094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuanlongland.com/upload/files/kivikozitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herningbadintra.dk/app/webroot/upload/files/48975576359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-antey.ru/uploads/files/rigizokamavitopasuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/55192622029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dglytbt.com/upfolder/e/files/20210910030704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njshore.drinkpoint.com/uploads/files/38094189813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75166196384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e79a6d5b08---6753898330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunshin.net/userfiles/file/lanovelifojogawuxixaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e243e821c---87703333263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelpancharatna.com/assets/userfiles/files/35544441428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161343ab9241a2---86326678043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reitinguok.lt/userfiles/file/nosuxofosusova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omeofest.eu/userfiles/files/47575427392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotacri.com/userfiles/files/99966964138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-restaurant.com/ckfinder/upload/files/xidomusagalejufum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niszczeniewaw.pl/userfiles/file/3961316588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcondosales.rodeodrivecondosale.com/userfiles/files/25700142412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonspond.com/uploads/files/88791549548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=limbo+full+game+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000b156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB156 14188 bytes
SHA-256: 5741ac43471dc6a3030bf821bc8fd66f3390f6102a3b5e8dba9b4f6f8c127727
font_01_sfnt_off0000d49a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD49A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB1 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 28e76f579e2a76bd7d026fa96f28b825a69d9a2451b732f882545a60575be725