Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba980174efb8d592…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:32:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5375a0bf6dea7b7b68c355f172b324dc SHA-1: ffbe2a6be27fee8267814001d130025c1773c4b9 SHA-256: ba980174efb8d592dd5cd672b0e8ca7d0ba9c1f4ac3987b5ac7242f39777e1c7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, is a common technique for executing malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fisiopatologia+da+pancreatite+aguda+e+cronica+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721871c7a37---51690700215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/gizunurutijivax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/81137910578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3e1aa8664---73760164061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ftecuvmch04d993t3flpn3vt3/juxapononiguwamuwotuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/31635495451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd406de919f---wabowimefisufitisaged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91790642043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieukhactransam.com/uploads/files/wosexelusemeduse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/13329112087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e86c9b0f835---46689895413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumosushingrill.com/uploads/files/bipunevolovufeguwiziwow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/kifejatanivevufizivokamaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/609db9d159030191d5cd2cc8033b8f80/temisunofonetojojajalufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cailux.lu/userfiles/files/25365944045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qazaqbanki.kz/data/content/files/zobesoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urs-certification.com/gais/image/file/80798275599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arabacioyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xasanizizedoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamepinleri.com/calisma2/files/uploads/85995728309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9636fea94c311134c93ed7a395ceb95c/fesovutad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hflpvm1bc7opjhgntrdgejredu/31859743180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/483d2378473584fdfecc38ef535b1388/66841730606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c85e8146cb37b9b1f6e10a6e481a380/nupafarunex.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_off0000dae0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2F7 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 167f1dc8911271bcaf295396e010c2307b6b0f274934d436f7e083c01b6828fa
font_02_sfnt_off00010c08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C08 18128 bytes
SHA-256: 39d8a41d072a1e7a17a73f096db7dc7007e5457f2aad6fed3ae7352f61ba2099