Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba9e143e3c45b7d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 08:57:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e944a4f2ebd08f994641148af25b26b6 SHA-1: eb81070b80684cf5ab97ff1a07e04a6a5ec63cd8 SHA-256: ba9e143e3c45b7d32c3864b8ba8fce45600ef1898cd8662b6d1024caff64a258
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate an attempt to lure users to malicious external sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+recover+deleted+instagram+messages+on+android
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8pba3coaptn4flnebb2iiq6hfa/88254461727.pdf
    • https://ht-cooling-j3t.com/contents//files/34585199013.pdf
    • http://therealmccoyfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/f9/f9ea119420dddc0cc5ac7622830b9f68/File/9530818673.pdf
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609297ebdc9cc---bididodenarutibitapa.pdf
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8troo3smllt2tnj7tpti6h9b4/97852387899.pdf
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f727a2dd86---57895126015.pdf
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb48c07db8---werupuk.pdf
    • https://avgdesign.com/userfiles/file/zizixuboja.pdf
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/89412898531.pdf
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781ea53fb25---34214763424.pdf
    • http://sammyuriasproperties.com/userfiles/files/23390505859.pdf
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/vewusolanekukafixobe.pdf
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9df556768---juxitezedexonolosadipov.pdf
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/tifujutumopaves.pdf
    • https://abicecream.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43120462669.pdf
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf6ef809494---foriripubagiwizojisuv.pdf
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8b393b04aeee5880315e45665050718/dixelux.pdf
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34d7b43bb3d505a8a40407f6adc738dc/27171880818.pdf
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928ac75e446---83531709764.pdf
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b01bc454d64---35574299358.pdf
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092106707781---fixuwujefasezixugeker.pdf
    • http://blankheich.de/images/uploads/file/josibatoxiretunukawuzam.pdf
    • http://constantemails.com/userfiles/file/162494285911449558287.pdf
    • 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_off0000f384.bin
cb20465d4d1d0a24969819dbe60ff491f738ba7d33f5e6d75b81bf78b4ebe085
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF384 10856 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c60.bin
79ffc323facd52603f8c46416af8df55cd3af2a576c94093bd58169d110b75e6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C60 17092 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013903.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13903 16792 bytes