Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba8800f276b7b5ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 09:31:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 30339e6aad19c31a99be4d80424f8702 SHA-1: aeca2264918ec512cdaaeda3513fc363cb55756c SHA-256: ba8800f276b7b5ac96b83df36ad0feb504823d9b228e89cef98bd4b1592d2ce0
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV. It contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute code. The presence of a visual download button and instructions for a password-protected archive suggests a lure to download a second-stage payload, likely a phishing or trojan executable. The document also contains numerous links to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites, further supporting a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • 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 http://sola-brothers.com/userfiles/file/fizoxepoxese.pdf
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161387253a16c9---fozazoxotivigisatix.pdf
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161419078511b1---rasosuvoxadosetawekejerup.pdf
    • http://reklamavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/zopezewikipixewojemaxa.pdf
    • http://medicalproduct.hu/images/files/96901609796.pdf
    • http://hakasasi.id/userfiles/file/79050172765.pdf
    • http://xy-interior.com/uploads/files/202109041505293359.pdf
    • http://superazs.ru/images/news/file/7899582132.pdf
    • http://liqaa-lb.com/files/userfiles/files/7623262134.pdf
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poropozi.pdf
    • https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/47634032386.pdf
    • https://xistenze.nagydavid.com/files/files/50676348809.pdf
    • http://gibkrakow.pl/uploads/files/zojuxadatowunawewus.pdf
    • http://kramor.bg/userfiles/file/18762635792.pdf
    • https://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop/contents/fipetazojevoluzudepako.pdf
    • http://ancheng-medical.com/uploadfile/files/vilewarafajerunoruta.pdf
    • https://thaibamboorestaurant.ca/phpsites/bard_ford/uploads/file/benosuvo.pdf
    • http://andersonlawdecorah.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/7061488682.pdf
    • http://rjbmachinery.com/d/files/62814175646.pdf
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614665c12c927---sasafamopavovujisax.pdf
    • https://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/23984646153.pdf
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dad674876179c660e45d4a0c462c13e/nasuvinikapifawiped.pdf
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/xituwuzokalititavirug.pdf
    • http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/rowokezer.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=gta+lite+apk+download
    • 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_off0000ca98.bin
312b8e95603037e9011755eb1fae9c155717aab74ddb1b776c51b5fe651994c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA98 10336 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e213.bin
05b2998aae7659d96a8e5f9755b3825fc9d5e5129bf75ce0c0b3cd92af17e823
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE213 17676 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011046.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11046 16792 bytes