Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba87ac04e53dfdce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:49:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8bcddf9efb1da6a1e366af1f241d6c19 SHA-1: 1f37656630e9ae3b70b5b0aebc6f9f7b1c1674eb SHA-256: ba87ac04e53dfdce6d64eab8d1cf37c120e7cf15b6f2d9c949cd85e40e0eeedd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of multiple link farm heuristics and numerous extracted URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://freebcard.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dapopuku.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://attep.com/home/sandbox/domains/heekee.com.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10296148151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e9c1bad10---nofodanetuponebor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/2423889294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021062609302184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chistogood.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49757195045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e75e0a308---kilagomuvumawawamevekodoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47e2238b86---fadegerumekafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/15855954535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25802972797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educaholistica.com/resources/img/imagesck/files/lobavoxazani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ystechpro.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/2132348565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slesnick.net/userfiles/files/vapuvego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wokag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/12771715237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mycocoa.org/images/upload/files/galarupaberozekifaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gri7sho458qhv4kbet1ad6h0g7/54371860068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nktrading.qa/file/files/benezedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhadep30giay.com/uploads/image/files/31203996907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qej6k0uhrenqg9bqo4m7di4lv3/luxatara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070dfdf6f0d7---nesemebapalitugosil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/28551066459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghgunclub.com/clients/f/f3/f3036db30fa8ed97f94f648fc77c1040/File/18234050380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/79958998082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de41aff2047---dovogafoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=singapore+government+instruction+manual+8PDF 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_off0000cad1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E3 18944 bytes
SHA-256: a146cb8c88c5e07a2b7c07393abdc89b890c505d9098760bd7f75b7939edb0f8
font_02_sfnt_off00011446.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11446 11164 bytes
SHA-256: e37af84f0656cf55ed9a618f7af581a7c7615c4cf2e81cf297974eccac831471