Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bac52721f0afa41e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-28 02:32:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8858dd3d3f0b485680b84e7efeeb9eb6 SHA-1: 62bfd6b792da9f8b98106d6ea476f21861ef5863 SHA-256: bac52721f0afa41e90d8f46727c396329b25257fe902fdae96400154b3793675
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The presence of a 'download' button lure further suggests a malicious intent to trick users into clicking links that could lead to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://daivupaint.com/img-chamthi/files/354025349.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090aa10e1f82---napunuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xoblates.com/clients/e/e0/e08cfb93fb97b00c28394d0532709dc9/File/diboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferado.vn/userfiles/file/10048951307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97af9b49590a578e6ea5596dc58ecb6a/puvajotukoxusados.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879a41d6f1f---bekojusadowizajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c66cbb7a35---74280295000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c035f7a358448e5e207081539e98beb8/57415213664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/19898261853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5oltrj809ll4ki1s5jhq0ra3ac/34051425803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160864fb62faf4---90522203142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/75586021878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6830d5961---pulokutekeruro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvet-trefontane.eu/userfiles/files/38402715620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvf7h4rguili30ovl292nea3ea/gosimepazusadina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f96f9ee366---wawupinerigom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/63996057812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c19a2cc822059eccb2660c208a5eeed/94063325126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c6t90qk354dp1ntj2rnll74sd/57808273580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/78760787162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agjlwjc3g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73785519526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aanugxqi.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25120201246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://el-system.jp/uploads/2012/files/13543288263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.net/userfiles/file/73590323044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/2077348640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=ap+calculus+ab+review+packet+pdf+with+answersPDF 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_off0000ffb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000117c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C4 17156 bytes
SHA-256: f05dd12a72360a42a9bd1f0ad018cfb68c43e511d3a8b66147cf51cc2163b617
font_02_sfnt_off000144bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144BB 11060 bytes
SHA-256: dc467d35761321435ba38be1dde150b3a5b9a211703b1193c203438acf3d1f69