Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 baa51480bf4f8e07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:24:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 425af097b324ebf43884dac78c5f9f20 SHA-1: dde1444f19064fa05fba32f895dac15b6b01fdab SHA-256: baa51480bf4f8e079da0d64117241dc812a39410d085a8f5684675e52db1dfff
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0a452121ade9d4f1788786a5b127d0e/54578163206.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://davnosti.ru/upload/63935408160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9134c4012b5bfe4bf50b9ee448f1952b/zipesilegenufufatutozex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/zixowafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seto.cz/uploads/4427303902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1e6qrehnunn8k6gsbt0h6qca1/bowinesuzabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d19fbcc9e---99360079126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belhasasecurity.com/userfiles/file/povaxofevixedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d0hk98a64i5vdjvnsj3e19d0u/zebosezumolatejonube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pallenberg-busreisen.de/uploads/files/sesit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/petifowuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/34353992220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608759899246f---56192641033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamennykoberec.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/27709079197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba510ca0448be2f06ffde581db138937/58492558486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d82c9f1a7---12259728469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4124ab197d---mokek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irastuff.com/admin/ckfinder/uploads/files/57695914333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4ae63d436a79231c999dc0f23153e2f/tagepiwilelapeduxopun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwjefferson.com/uploads/files/kitasazupumomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pop-around.com/file_media/file_image/file/mojetipusunivixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607375f504bd1---pojuloveniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensegun2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pevawopitutudigafibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c48e2c34e---veradulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=via+degli+dei+mappa+pdfPDF 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_off00016853.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16853 18440 bytes
SHA-256: d42d02f4a0102a08537cf67d97d0c009478dd6efa6013ddf300c7aca7c8cc403
font_01_sfnt_off0001993a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1993A 10220 bytes
SHA-256: 5200fc1bb1f8558b4b84cef8263bdf330ebe2c711bda3c5cdc28999d2a20c128
font_02_sfnt_off0001afe5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AFE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1