Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba95d4d2eef6988b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 17:50:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 956d0f594c85a6a57d125163710ed2f5 SHA-1: 02378794221589e718f5720b9efbad6d06e074de SHA-256: ba95d4d2eef6988b20aff7510119071b5a7ee4dbd9e45ac6534a77ec7b380c0c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. Heuristic analysis indicates it contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b32img8gv404imjrhiksic36bv/35574224433.pdf
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/28923650197.pdf
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609677204e256---68371596975.pdf
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/sokevegowaj.pdf
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a610dfba230---rerutipotadixi.pdf
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9a1b3fca8---75348415850.pdf
    • https://dpengineers.info/admin/userfiles/file/37407586948.pdf
    • https://famecosmica.it/file/xozimidivesebukojujiru.pdf
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e44120d47---43747284933.pdf
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bbbdc7af723f4bc46550e265e2fef6d/wolasuvele.pdf
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c06773656e1---datuzalivininuvi.pdf
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ju8t45va2rv8iv1s2mbk902j0/buked.pdf
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d16eb95344---34836460982.pdf
    • https://itacademyindia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73308320044.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607973060e6e8---ramas.pdf
    • https://surupaceanu.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tubefinubemisira.pdf
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/kopogusaxevetagaguje.pdf
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02440a1bc0c480efdd192560df48d2a1/temezokavimi.pdf
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d7a3fd88a5e12a2387a79b13d895e33/deromeroruzosepivorof.pdf
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/netegupumaja.pdf
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b452539883afff9913281549d25abce/93202908770.pdf
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/werabiloxugim.pdf
    • http://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/842371277.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=linear+ft+to+sq+ft
    • 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_off00010938.bin
3f942f60923d22af0f7161371968a319f373b0596a090c936328d9f97130173b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10938 10264 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001206c.bin
7788f462cc3eeea2a199032809e55ed1fcc1c3af0cdb60b2b4074b9619a44b2f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1206C 20180 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000153fe.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153FE 16792 bytes