Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bae485a7f90d5ba9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-08 12:41:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 69c2d2d104891f1c31040c7422ec0f60 SHA-1: 2415bd03f0a15a2ba83d4bb976c147d70677bab0 SHA-256: bae485a7f90d5ba9bcf3c3fa8bdc3a5ce2398025c7b14f7341ab6ee2310c4e10
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. This indicates a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely as part of a phishing campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607e753eec69d---11746057503.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pogologistics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zijetisuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35g6rjr3ulbqsfv4fl61u46gp3/12467263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.huaikrachaohospital.go.th/assets/global/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36295491059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdpu.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afd1162a3fe75a92f31eeddb5757d962/20785947559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyshiying.com/d/files/tafilemipibev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkeytailranchdonation.org/clients/e/e8/e82116dd0b5861b0917add2a69208af2/File/62830770600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085bebdde530---wuvorobidepudolamogud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a1b32aca6---94889568147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://museuminiaturesbesalu.com/files/96083709533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpk3g2dhlk5c4vsacitf1j1edg/piburireve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hydro-tg.pro/upload/file/jurefuxomaxefojape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c960767d1ff---80577180382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kcharp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sezigijabed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69bd9aaaa2cc64d629163c67075ec6e4/47427704400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oac1j654ri1l1insmo26576r7q/83227558708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/rasomavekepogevefazibolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084686416120---sudika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a27b4d237---sijawidejaver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5bcf6df15---lulerafejuneraxaxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personnelstrategies.net/userfiles/file/6938735672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8puckc7q3ruvvtlc0sdkd7uvf4/84598303398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proartgaleria.hu/files/files/nolabaxipaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/89781987514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/61630794335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyotiacademicpress.org/uploads/file/zifefexuzibawizosewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=cuantos+metros+cuadrados+equivale+a+m+cuadradoPDF 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_off0000ee5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE5C 18344 bytes
SHA-256: 0a1bcf7ee0ab9038c7ea54138424d6446d6b87bb9b9a03b353f04f1303e7ae28
font_01_sfnt_off00011cee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CEE 10876 bytes
SHA-256: d6174f6ea0fa3d5dc2c8c78adb36c50c542e7e6ab3e5cf0fde3b5506c1608752
font_02_sfnt_off000135e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1