Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 baf5a81b14e2b1ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:03:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 95de2e663271b1e3cd94b6fa57637e18 SHA-1: 7c7b460f4d1ef0d83c995f1790f80e355ac52fb1 SHA-256: baf5a81b14e2b1ee4b748930135e78a55f21072dc432bc86dc6b4cc4464156e4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a ClickFix paste-and-run lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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 http://www.hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/supolerumorimufetejane.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4255eb70534a302ec94c3527bcb0e57a/77128759878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogozaty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zimifutaximiregobuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee227ad2898---96286703580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polnische-zaune.de/userfiles/file/daginejutigix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makenie.com/upload/files/jawawexasipevibufovumedaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30961792901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56c2526ce44c7b7de6ceb5367cdbf2f0/moxitiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teerosy.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/15092076239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608773e88ae73---86602302917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ldoris.com/upfile/files/20210822085944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3c2ad75179---15623367312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stalbeckers.nl/userfiles/image/file/61309154562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b381985d7---webesiputozutovutadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pajurioverslas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42774847683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmleadmanagement.com/userfiles/files/zetiwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/runaponovigow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snoman.mb.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/satobexumuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nineslash.com/user_file/file/80582025432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unternehmensberatung-hegenbarth.de/userfiles/file/58019018771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maryamghiasi.com/images/upload/files/baxixinoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c56d3e548d0---kakezojomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b18325ddd89---62532209982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8n38lggntu93s13g5bg0va4603/2715580758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/ganaxobajovanegatevan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=command+prompt+tricks+windows+10+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_off0000bdf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDF2 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 8a8709db6c6e8d01cdb7cc337e765b72e9bce16030d967c3969d353060ee590d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d791.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD791 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 6fb5325a3a8551441d73430b8176b54508509909c43faf194e0710dc5f515c1a
font_02_sfnt_off000103ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1