Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 baeb9005a876427f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB Created: 2021-08-08 13:20:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b552f523b82365d32160914b75cf07ea SHA-1: d2ef00d9805d54ef7858a2130a1e8fcc312d27f5 SHA-256: baeb9005a876427fa72348344baa550be46343eb76e21d4f57f1dfdf3ab1866e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vector+calculus+solved+problems+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://heyratacademy.ir/file/73954824884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c64ab9569e---72868128250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/wudenatur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/611607ffbc3d8a549320fcc2660f7359/xitogezexirasibowadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705450ce191---30544256996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/93816273841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ebdc0b289---wofedapekibenugerages.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d64cf75d3e---vibusotex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulgreeter.com/userData/board/file/35206881757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/45691139345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a436e69186b---wevuwefevegegusobunikotan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalparkhotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20571489261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aaa954cdbb---16322874759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a553ac39c6c---solufivemodugipupek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3magea4qsla49igclokid99h2/28627683730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba92010307c---39135372528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-7/20210807094656929186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48c53e064a4f46933e699b05fc94cc56/76795771582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpn1971.org/clients/a/a2/a25689677492d603657f1241a2a69ea8/File/48692412327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucity1967.com/clients/f/f9/f95c10655bf48216a4b8c8e4321ec146/File/68687197538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/993941f81840c50901bfb0855e22f2cd/65380369278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soc-in.com/data/media/files/wewizunafetus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021591415508681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863d4a7fa9c---46340016110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/musikuwoso.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_off00011652.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11652 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 2a1000e5cdc353b9a25e71176a8e6173c706aa83285ced07af55e5f35f6dd260
font_01_sfnt_off00012f44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F44 17696 bytes
SHA-256: 482de8773d6f82104a488133325b94291b6eedcae5c8c37d15c71557cebcad40
font_02_sfnt_off00015e3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1