Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba7a5bc36e2efe1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 09:02:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f4c2ec163e432083f852ebb86906594e SHA-1: 5c9c94afa6c8a15255650da1606e8df6ecb10905 SHA-256: ba7a5bc36e2efe1ff2654fad5016c4cd28baacb08e0ac5deedfd12a900bc8e93
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. This script likely redirects users to external URLs, as indicated by the numerous PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/77690403030.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb29b914a1---numagobuler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5f3729bb79---69364305855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tilotaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mttrasportisrl.it/dati/upload/file/sudimoruxobelumarejas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bql2q32t4iehqvp79n754ts15m/xovixub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galeriejacqueselbaz.com/userfiles/file/89582347278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baad59c1cc53a9e16deba44776b949e7/xazuropozijemubusagit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/91128789036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66pvec0cf81mlpur3knmpcj2n2/xifuwetikugadujopipezuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9fa5fc1d368a267bdec69a204b2442f/22951411458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o37m3ivr1ij9k3s13invfcvmee/talulegonefakuzut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alconburyreunion.com/clients/36523/File/41069488203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dejaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607588037e44e---90459351040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832ac71a496---96054023850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/bebigexeduza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/30805150005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a9146485c---takemuzevalonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe58b0d31513c0d3156dd02a89baaf62/ropobozirerabaxuzejen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=vocabulary+letter+hPDF 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_off000119ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000131dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131DC 17524 bytes
SHA-256: 51814fad209ed3dcfa4ddc8ed3fa9a822ba66d07e7d7e829c4fd057af0c7c4d1
font_02_sfnt_off00015ef0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EF0 10288 bytes
SHA-256: 0469319769550b3b1a71db3ed0bd0cdebc4fd6efbafb01c9a4047f9f96faaf14