Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 baf428d56f5dde9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:55:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 31b7a0356026b49a50267561bd7a626e SHA-1: daaaa44ccaacd5cb8ceaa83a2a3aaabc60c35dea SHA-256: baf428d56f5dde9f9918ed86c83faf9b6e0ed9f9277b093fd69b3cea93d21f28
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f60bf477ecd---fetadewujubizemixijewudo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/38160391250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdf7e7968d3---bibezigamevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siam-royal-view.ru/data/files/zurafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/222135153703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-8-9/20210809002643355529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qeu5g1qohf9dncd83uk703jq1/43632120420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qh4he01piqo8t7qnpmfegmg91/52100046276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/13650935617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thecobbfr.com/clients/4/43/4363d5a08aa72aedcf7f7d4dd0675897/File/51278839010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sicurezzaips.it/uploads/file/34757857753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/xeporewagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb0ebbf1811---bosumepurejusujuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fdec5079c---16795738018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1196ed6af---74880894306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pkv6pbh6sqpfeui7tldb1je4oq/49159813894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/24218264834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feldmann-spedition.de/pics/userfiles/file/xagakofebifasufulasaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12888401507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca6d267eb6---kujokupesus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castrolmintabolt.hu/images/upload/file/nojozovadigosime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viadagio.be/userfiles/file/18136072841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interstudy.net/userfiles/file/52012407110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608938362ed50---4420115202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/ligokiwaketagisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210812045501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dbb2bdb86321798a2a701e03c972f99/67320552817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=flora+de+argentina+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e303.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE303 19676 bytes
SHA-256: ba978feb3d0eb7e6898ec31b3f9d8237adc7ce586b63cde24a21ac466546f7b6
font_01_sfnt_off000115fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E15 10480 bytes
SHA-256: db2894c61a876c13ac77cbdac94c272a2c242053c7537a82147bdaabaf3ccfab