Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba9c956eeb3e416d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-22 22:26:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 11413af7dd6126ef53fe68ebd89ae468 SHA-1: e5fdd9d90b312f30ae0040080eb0f557f6a3f2f2 SHA-256: ba9c956eeb3e416d28bfeeab1f4f980df0cbd8c0eddcb5b89221cbe7b4075857
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including one pointing to a compromised WordPress upload directory. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, as suggested by the PDF_URI heuristic and the presence of numerous links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=coin+master+spin+hack+link PDF link annotation
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145e491732be---28996664776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/vizirepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upasamed.org/Content/uploads/files/72430618758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kesesazitemetatuzilel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mufh4t0urc0h71lkfvopujv024/17993256693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81da0a85dd28bae220d64a2cb3ed506f/17936624138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://llux.vn/uploads/files/semefivav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.twibiotech.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72449742040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/54499548854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iuoshili.com/upload/users/files/tiladilopizolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/61340268628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/86053669845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hometextiles-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gezujexij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almawred-sy.com/files/adminfiles/files/9864768521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emekyesiltepe.net/images_upload/files/88201830524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotel-ambassador-nice.com/upload/files/15916269023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/61191508928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614580181b135---95224986078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steinemann-ag.ru/togafoxevukukonugujoten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/62562724499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tarsiman.ee/files/file/57584804582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7dd4354feac0dbbb3625fdc3fe08ab4/14494347491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hindustanadvancedsolution.com/t/tutorfirm/uploads/ck/files/82864732081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angel-juicer.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_B6BCB04C1905AABC.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_off0000d40b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD40B 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 97ffd87047b5c85c16129aef71d6c421ec7c8759c3215ba1c33453567ac94b58
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC99 17844 bytes
SHA-256: ac75c0fcdf8c29bad7d3a405d0204378c0ead378b2c9ca22cf3980feefad1e57
font_02_sfnt_off00011aef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1