Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adba00fba5b266b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-08-07 07:53:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b2cecef0cd42614c783b10bdaabbebee SHA-1: 7258245eb67f828558691c2c48b89ea010c8dcdb SHA-256: adba00fba5b266b40a38200238b225a5bfd7514915da7b85ba65232d76669752
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The numerous URLs extracted, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

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 http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/70762031685.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/73826581507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/86128541024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cs6ciivdr75ubtoo5ott440es/68350683559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabber81reunion.com/clients/b/b6/b60cf3d631ff247311937b5f15bedc89/File/25849726517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jestbogiem.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/kisivupul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resortweeks.pro/userfiles/file/90422720051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jgeas0lgbmr9n4vtjhllcfo7lm/xopivigepalorulopifivope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8ef1413d8f---2738066137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/12760214903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/74186093170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://we-plus.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75979969972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungafilm.com/dorceiys/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duxufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhigh78.com/clients/2/2d/2ddbae4fb74c169819b3574d76e4e264/File/77367487634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/87108867394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609efd6930930---45441628185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdtonline.vn/static/uploads/editor/files/35424181815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/md32jgg8mamb8g4kfo3tveeopc/vipurobudaritut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1def4264eb1e835cbbb0bcdcb7cfed7a/rarojoguzap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emailreceptionist.net/userfiles/file/16314053852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karunb.com/UpLoads/files/vevufezulabesod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honyi.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/file/77460477703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2daytour.com/ckupload/files/koxemigujakijapadazesaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tdsns.ru/userfiles/file/61561623333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec85560e7e---nixofukamazukenetomupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9246ca9fbd9fb90fa33919169d97d4eb/17741877195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+fluffy+slime+without+borax+and+glue+and+tide+and+cornstarch+and+contact+solutionPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f337.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF337 17136 bytes
SHA-256: 335aadfa050957048dd3a8f206fe2929c3731a8c8a3e72d74ad975641d6f2b0d
font_01_sfnt_off00011fd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000137e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137E7 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae
font_03_sfnt_off00014df3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DF3 11548 bytes
SHA-256: 3f72039323d39cda3ce03e8013c40f42fa1fc0ecf21ccaa09459a3c968001668