Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0badb87fc452c73a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:57:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ab0a9df7fa3999113f2381b18febf78d SHA-1: 897f19933b4fe7c615b509b716fa357f3aa6ded3 SHA-256: 0badb87fc452c73ae8643d4b5798f87fa45a49b963f5d360f840f11703c59479
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload locations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing lure or download a second-stage payload. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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.
  • 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://newsru.md/upload/userfiles/files/fazifogiw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/roputaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiramisu-o.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/81667516173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1v770a5dbeoiqe6u3o318nt9g1/suveberudisobuzefavix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ccb40d4dfa---51128670278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724322454d0---62491426750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.euro-fly.eu/userfiles/files/53383386413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56153068746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dbe1b2235---vukowiwexefodoladusuzako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47c8bc82b90a28803b23adc8a9d6db58/bukogilumod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkmeiqi.com/admin/ckfinder/upfile/files/14270449198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unstitchedfootwear.net/files/file/pixikevazikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/17322198860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fce2b9efeb2---45105381423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf52d5ad333d0a52e9076569dc300363/43266667816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ebb28313a---12808017142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfa8def3e9a---18588541375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exihomes.com/userfiles/files/neripadovonuvinidapes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.comupload/file/67093262850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbelleepoque.bg/userfiles/file/panotajiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dbf9c0f93d---95947826167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cbe687d07---bizojanalipajajasif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harrisitalia.it/uploads/file/pixun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htk2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muvujisipanagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demirlermetal.com/resimler/files/265593561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floramarble.com/uploads/vaxikamunexufagomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=informal+oral+communication+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_off0000ce22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 52558924e2c9fed3f679347fc01803b24a72d861824de2448227b6d02812ce75
font_01_sfnt_off0000f872.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF872 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011089.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11089 10532 bytes
SHA-256: c83dd47e1cc2bca8c411a9a0334fec3cbbadc758d2078e67cd43f264f956a56a