Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 baf1de230d93fb77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 19:58:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 4185f71884386df84d796c0c362c5237 SHA-1: bbac6b882be2b7cdc26ea88878b236b048ad4f9d SHA-256: baf1de230d93fb77dd2744a09d269618a2f96ddb3366ca6e7375deee0160f03c
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a malicious intent to redirect users. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content or phishing pages. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploitation process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 6

  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+corrompido+como+recuperar PDF link annotation
    • http://daotaonhaccong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/50061818697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncsccalgary.com/userfiles/files/72992188725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/jubiwawaxoruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f08d5d25a2---wubenixedasusoxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicboxpiano.com/contentfiles/sidifivilugudupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinaia-vik.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/19119853241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straub-online.ch/userfiles/files/53828726303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131bd72c66c4---ludine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarushimukhwas.idealviews.com/userfiles/files/vabewigubamilajipepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image/file/59718010027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sz-nuoyi.com/Upload/file/2021090514490126921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tyrtaios.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/besojota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioituigiay.net/uploads/files/96726525801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/pilovugowesuworug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aikni6a0b.xn--p1ai/images/file/68151495753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitapiti.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89884041433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sospapa24.com/lib/ckfinder/imgupload/files/jutedotezimadetuminomiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/porirupalunaliripufopima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/pivololibife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolitplus.ru/files/file/jijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artemon.nl/userfiles/file/koripuluxexitazorofupak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131cd8f3ff77---nalesalurudadokibanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/ruwunimatagiwima.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_off0000d7df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7DF 19972 bytes
SHA-256: c66378b2523636f967188bf1584df465567f6a08e05837494ae241fcb647ba58
font_01_sfnt_off00010abd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ABD 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 755ebd359cfd93cc336120288a41a780d9d5f0fcf77ec25d4d24f6c051e10bf4
font_02_sfnt_off00012282.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12282 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1