Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 baaf48c677aba691…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-24 04:49:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d3e1f9fd36aeffe6c554cca7051509cb SHA-1: 6ca582297c4c7f5c5515556f44ddbfed095fab91 SHA-256: baaf48c677aba6916c1b4d1fc28d0a19c89c225b96d778e6a3d8e6752faa2e21
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document designed to exploit user trust.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86dcfaf57b---bolekisijigaxatigexupitu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://skinrepublic.vn/webroot/img/files/32750103096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4d5f65e581---37714102419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettotamborra.eu/userfiles/files/fufoxekogakebawes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thekolkatapackersmovers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22871027499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864776c6169---21322185049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sistersaviopublicschool.com/userfiles/file/losujotusekaxajusunaguxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fb64413b3---letazufukesodexelilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/fodifabimile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/45935598579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6fffc72deb---gatovewejukapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9a487e703---69446373034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a29e3e6a63ed981a91dee48123e81275/86254149771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093cc58cb142---75998564159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/bitasefinej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/58173580553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bfb6377033---marofogawelusutopubimepuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096bd08356ac---11019827157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2cde7153ab---devetijolalejaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021051904570764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa6336b1f51750228b82922ce1891efc/vupuwekoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airsoft1.ro/files/file/luturu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=biodata+format+for+job+application+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_off0000ee0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE0C 16340 bytes
SHA-256: 2193d7abddeffba8d13422c8d01ec4f2bfa752f15cce8c17e5fc3093b34e3ebe
font_01_sfnt_off000117f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001300b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1300B 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 2efbb5b9908604d8197c636b12e34f8e865e86873fe612e6a9cb550a7bf8ffcc

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