Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 baebd9e6254aa681…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 10:41:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 30e82bf010acba7d565e71217724fa95 SHA-1: e5ad463b92149f2527dae02151d6f66ccb09050a SHA-256: baebd9e6254aa681cd250cbf73bd80608194ff47d830064e9d3d31a71e2cf60d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting it is part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the attack pattern of luring users into downloading potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9926

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.
  • 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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=peter+lodge+mind+the+gap PDF link annotation
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ffdfe5d13f---detidobepig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h6ui36s7j7tvf1rnbj7flgqko4/safebanegubazomadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/vevutave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6eb7668846---zefirani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef519209b5---madunitoxomuxelomagotado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c438afd6ac7---nanudinamip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d263c2b18a---43976509354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a286ef7b964---28448821781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d018e1223aeca8555fa79d8106fa49d4/kesexosapol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcc903j5mb312j66fe2rvp0si3/xovijenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8886dfe6671a52486fd1df6e6c9f3c7/luwizugilazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/97660859169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f28fe4e5f0---pinininizegafezexik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u184h25kg81lp39j5c7sudmjl2/36620485255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/93303159819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1825b63ed3---kozokaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985f457cab6---dorasofovifulunonebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file///2021061804503944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/23485229503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettyloupaints.com/userfiles/files/dopupojuwow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saamfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51d3a9787b8c7343a6d05c8bfe9e5423/74312580718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/25712218948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bef4e0c38b---wosulutajiwajefoxonorudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01b20aae93b589fffa4f96d76f310e03/25631812153.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_off0001377a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1377A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014f91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F91 10672 bytes
SHA-256: edd2054bdee976e1818de13f18a52e4925256bca3c5a6b6ee29929ca75783afd
font_02_sfnt_off0001677f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1677F 18716 bytes
SHA-256: 17d89d2875571bfba0333f6a8c3578bbb0e723c085040a451998b84272568549