Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba81d5c6ecb99725…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB Created: 2021-08-09 10:06:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 36c56e618621bb3d8b3317040f982599 SHA-1: 9029517f8a808c45066329be956ac065c003d406 SHA-256: ba81d5c6ecb99725815b7cd55ef41da16dd1f00d7ae6dc056b87cf76e5bf4570
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, which likely serve as download locations for further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e5acf91ad7b211e3facf00c6cb9fc4e/19341219986.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kildevangen.dk/files/68440902787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongphuctqueen.com/upload/files/91477347800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/83198983616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe7fa16b0f---naterawadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db14bd078f89ffe31282225a4d520b77/15059508892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161107c836dc28---metevatido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/sumipos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bgindus.com/t/tutorfirm/uploads/ck/files/milowumewon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cytairtool.com/test/userfiles/file/20210705_11523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francisfamilyreunion.net/clients/870293/File/62162899269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/86582584076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a33b9ed58c6---tekavadujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3342c322d21323d0e392dcee48db9867/vedovawoxalosidodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suankaew.net/upload/userfile/files/77135314961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609034f4b9d83---20516365542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/bitejow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocvietbungalow.com/upload/files/57245971039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.climatisur.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97461275291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frprn4ldq3vduf6iigl4uoss2h/nuxipulisowifajerilufedur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/30025486905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaikepkeret.hu/uploads/file/85087795249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077718108502---7070316593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc3c1218cbfb8594aa56a91f3d2b3ce3/pagapajajifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/dosisesutedezoguketin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aef712e7d11099cca307ad88434b0d50/40165978810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=cpm+geometry+answer+key+chapter+2PDF 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_off000110a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000128b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128B4 20872 bytes
SHA-256: 03cf70f2f43b2863362bed1fe7c8a8a987fc523c6c7e6ae75cc766748f211792
font_02_sfnt_off00015eca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15ECA 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 433ff7d282ebaadb8ff0d2ed72feb8e8e60fc5516d509ea429b3bb1c1027f636