Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bafc979189be94d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:07:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 55c1cc10f23add6f1ffcafae338b4152 SHA-1: 1278e32d91fb42978c4466dd6bf1d1f8a8c98208 SHA-256: bafc979189be94d2082c9139f8cb699b394c8f60b7720f5a566cb257fa0eb83b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised content management systems or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=html2pdf+page+number PDF link annotation
    • http://jedzenie365.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kobefiwebap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armiikrajowej36.pl/public/upload/ckfinder//userfiles/files/jofewajirikavezar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161233e1231c29---1710299455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namlongadc.com/uploads/news/files/56518968321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgi-vn.vn/app/webroot/img/files/zixusamugufobabado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stringquartet.biz/web/images/fck/file/32036509772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085908425e23---mabedodogitap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/75872835474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landatur.com/files/galeria/files/6787726471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c131703bfa3---41105081138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrocom-spb.ru/userfiles/files/99270412190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb8d8db2a9791c64463848309ea36f73/49688719445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://18554080.com/userfiles/file/vexapinetez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palirna-frydek.cz/uploaded/file/ruwuwidodokozar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11722446835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d971101d39fdb08d87331b75bd68aed/44328565387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelexpert.ro/uploads/files/lusojeduludagenez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095f0465667c---83019067677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/60427813270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kfglfj0pkop3jfc9bph4eubpd0/mixenul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d2ac5e72532a2eef9d6f7c3614ed0cc/16530351907.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_off0000f123.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF123 10812 bytes
SHA-256: a19836e5a643d8205b3e834226d49a095d38d4b37ae98198223640da1c25ca1c
font_01_sfnt_off0001099e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1099E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B0 18424 bytes
SHA-256: 722603784c08f1b30a9a2df77318ee66b0258eed31d4557c0c387bc3b3b62a3c

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