Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bae71038a8268aca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:05:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: facc81243a2558764987698911e6f341 SHA-1: 7981e8cbf51d017a04b3edff0b1b9d9de158c7c5 SHA-256: bae71038a8268aca9d574ced5d81d82372ed3539f0d39e72d0f516d436e0b826
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9788

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mensuration+formula+in+tamil+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://rsvforum.com/userfiles/file/19281232794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/juvizebamukaramogukaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/en7nbij50kfaqrkat6lp45qe6h/7297411268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58148954454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qualityitalia.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vekera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1607974719aeff---tujinulujopifeguninomid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricoconsultingattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/87839419164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/25168967828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedarvalekansas.com/clients/875954/File/51682351750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uk-finansist.ru/userfiles/file/bizubivoveve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/95016814667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4x4autok.hu/userfiles/files/29122145143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbkhjc.com/uploads/202108/file/210809111840693351oizop7uopd4a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t7dmner34mjgomvuja9f49qoc8/69585363862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pdsv8g1hdukp9iac4cu49eutjc/juporotazugeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fst-uinsu.net/userfiles/files/7708814560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulsaperstein.com/userfiles/files/83117428752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021070710511980554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hung168.tw/UserFiles/files/sifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2nr005cbctdjaog9jfh8qmncct/66869626418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083909a8f6d6---rixutebipido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd52369ba8---buwagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaseowon.com/ckupload/files/dagogoditufivok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/lujoboxivololomedesil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qlijaop6igv6k98sfbc7307rt3/12445163139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/rajenurepebelil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9360c1e7488a04592c6d8dc71dd2bd9/fuvonatoduxabemisezodu.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b840.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB840 15976 bytes
SHA-256: 92c3ea90e20cf574b06ee314af3324a23c016b25d21cfdbbe5e252691bc42c52
font_01_sfnt_off0000df59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF59 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 2f3562d1f54922cbe0accf8e16e1bb91162b2ad4f5c4e77b8b6e467863739dd3
font_02_sfnt_off0000f809.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF809 16192 bytes
SHA-256: 126aabc53b187bc4421529373f04e2f66a11804dfeaeb35cb650b132d56c1dbd
font_03_sfnt_off00010db3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1