Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba8caab3032febf5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 11:22:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 66412ba7c877b0a129856896eecb4be4 SHA-1: 2023d9e2a5ae88dc563eb729735aae3a470979a5 SHA-256: ba8caab3032febf56b14214583d137f22ce73b3a618dddc0bdd5055b0a8f1bbf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads. These links form a link farm designed to redirect users to download potentially malicious files, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=real+ghost+detector+download PDF link annotation
    • http://tienhasteel.com/app/webroot/upload/files/tozukavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarycochinharbour.org/ci/userfiles/files/dejozas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naviway.su/upload/files/lurezibosuzaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--m1age8bh.xn--p1ai/files/file/66198698934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girc.ncue.edu.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/44844223483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotteppta.com/beta/assets/file/50123595027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoprofile.ru/userfiles/file/lupetotigupedozokoroded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614049ae735b8---zoruwewovoxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132abc2da548---49474379432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romangruszecki.com/uploaded/file/95125387534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pingthye.com/userfiles/files/29992400576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanleyresources.com/images/12088831913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irina-beha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gajufofaribenabowagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusantarabet4d1.com/contents/files/67112390032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/widitetuvolaterof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchung7.com/upload/file/xoniwoladine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daiichitravel.com/uploads/news_file/gutiposika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/levimigemibizirurasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/53343102059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d21595def3e2f402e4b458a77b1ea48b/72013040968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hylimusic.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/ripoxazumit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3cd3d713e---jodedizimulupekif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://l-max.ru/userfiles/file/67843742675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoldlaptop.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68935087361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/subiwijakosabexopevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashionflutters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zajogamiral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dd83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD83 10688 bytes
SHA-256: cad88ae3c08f30f9b739d2995ad95c648ccb6f3588fb3a96c989ab3c4db30d3d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E2 19892 bytes
SHA-256: 840a42fc81b0dafec11d5e871c2432a4963e82c217d102603b1412576e21d406
font_02_sfnt_off00012954.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12954 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1