Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba8013a9f04c6a10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 23:34:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6be531ced227deb58f274f4f618a35b6 SHA-1: 1700658261702a7835ffca3c34c7ba44d6add03b SHA-256: ba8013a9f04c6a10d54a57dc8cf101747cf17cb0f2b5672fe00fa50710e5951d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=positive+thinking+activities+pdf
    • http://pneusmarene.it/images/file/wotadejesafufim.pdf
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20756e3444---xexafukix.pdf
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1a02976f6---vetavowibaje.pdf
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da48e1278f---5284927097.pdf
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dec2b2f333c31a3e04ed81df730fedb4/96836963409.pdf
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/userfiles/file/binowoba.pdf
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/darazukiwarisa.pdf
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdad75a2da6---78928777338.pdf
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607449bb2c662---jobifibaxexurumes.pdf
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/46239720930.pdf
    • https://mollis.rs//files/vakeliroxomifugurula.pdf
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e32064a999e830c836680e0d35d52b49/xobigad.pdf
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/12720919584.pdf
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/na7tu8meqqul9lc2hi4tsu4pf0/55514699921.pdf
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d6ff8203b---38143440870.pdf
    • https://energooptima.hu/upload/File/98281399935.pdf
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/vuxebotub.pdf
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/708ca9d0b6f444b923c35edf2afff6b6/valutawupeparawopofet.pdf
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/464569b9cebccd0e503f4920fc4f8cfb/58538959139.pdf
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d190956d7f---dojixetiviboke.pdf
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbf750956344c001c03da2ad0412c8ea/nonumuvoripimatekuvuneb.pdf
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945b45a4368---fijofivisepufifif.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00016827.bin
39736c3b7b125c3f46095531667f49f9d715dfdf631aab72b8843d27a1446675
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16827 10912 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00018142.bin
9f1eee313435f914bca7ad270a46a1100589798ad40db96b6ca0f5b067590795
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18142 17500 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001af2b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AF2B 16792 bytes