Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba95795238172c0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-08-16 04:28:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 20d1467669d3248207dc954f8a42b94c SHA-1: dace2d4dc1ee82616f2b0d90666cb1e114f15b9f SHA-256: ba95795238172c0acb48ecc5b09b64d3bd2d3094978571f05c7b4cd6c5b8b804
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and distribute malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/22346902899.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jordan.si/dokumenti/file/39544337806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rl5s62v1s5415g57hp5jkhmbif/kakupanube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamarchesainterita.be/lamarchesainterita/imgdb/news/files/99528866144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a366106a4a8---35205801627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607641d2d4709---fulerugepajekibenuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluza-shop.ru/content/File/dufapodanedomagubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95b6cdc4233174cce931572d6c1f7be9/90048897784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/davaburokif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/60341223674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/55047068398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/11920959564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hcu4j3vmd8st95hhevj2t7sjs/texexofatabisegifunekani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/61823656175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f172806d2b---tawapenuloraladowetefiwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a99533a87923672a3ca3f856051fbe7/nokarifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagm.it/userfiles/files/lexosogirefoximoribijipaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavingcare3plus.ch/userfiles/files/65448909230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aromamarketing.md/img/files/67110829200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9tc7q49unq30tplk4hrafpkiv4/nonono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26i3l7ugkcqvpbp9f1f4mi46b7/winewijisuliza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomland.com/sites/bloomland.com/files/gonozozekifadurap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stromzeleny.cz/file/6968006212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8f945b879a---45368103431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gr07ptkiplv75bstvhap264m53/88960037957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=hess%27s+law+extra+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000de24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f636.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF636 19304 bytes
SHA-256: 9d0b332a0c608dd919904ae179492442797d01f03a3089bf86c389864676653d
font_02_sfnt_off000127f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127F6 10420 bytes
SHA-256: 0b544680bec02108e7fd00273af264aa46b51205e6b1a5eb9fe950807cf51029