Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bae691efabc542d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 12:18:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4195cab6df1686d9ef09bc9ee3adca8a SHA-1: 6c502d49210e217b8e3e3eecd0f3ab2c97330786 SHA-256: bae691efabc542d8bf8ede874e3c80f2670d6c9ebf36691e36fad249c6491ee5
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites, likely intended to redirect the user to a malicious payload or phishing page. The document's structure and content suggest it is designed to deceive users into clicking these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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=upload+pdf+file+to+server+in+android+using+volley PDF link annotation
    • http://aviatechinform.ru/sadm_files/zujoritofisawekupani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/41852149736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shastriratanchatterjee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ranipefugalabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopassarotti.it/userfiles/files/finimudujateloba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/nokanakuvelalefutazeribuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laiyi-art.com/userfiles/file/80334096685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.at/upload/karunaloxopolunameb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b6a58a096---10740857880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hstairan.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/22617740016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0cd8e81da0eaefa5f1ac1b1b045dc41/jizosugowesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613228da484eb---7020131063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/gatem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlssj.com/qianzi/upfile/case_editor/file/89135367064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cnn-logistics.com/asset/files/11597215531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burragebrothers.com/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/nitako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promptcorporate.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77770675585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marjoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/25733983203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siamsankyo.com/Uploads/file/kemazebogefumosemakoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bold-iot.com/uploads/files/202109130647175161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psg66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28266427101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ramenzoni.eu/userfiles/files/72923668450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personal.sut.ac.th/chantira/port/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pixujidotosozopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ae48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c65a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC65A 14080 bytes
SHA-256: c5b46d1e17fff62f53229b86398ec7ab6ba593a782b2b0c73d7e976e3f61be39
font_02_sfnt_off0000e926.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE926 10960 bytes
SHA-256: cc059c00789fbeda7633f43a512921c3193108840c080de5385d4714b4db7e06