Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bab953fe7ef3dfce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 08:15:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b624b370c43e6ba681d748527c5fb85a SHA-1: c8d094db49cc817fe681db8338d6949466ad61a6 SHA-256: bab953fe7ef3dfce832b828fa613048cdf794b4b4c3a92123c267504f3426ea6
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The document body, though obfuscated, suggests an invoice or payment lure. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a secondary payload, contributing to the overall malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://paraglider24.de/pics/fotos/1/file/lirupizazuruxuxukaze.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://school15-tyumen.ru/f/84147019100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2438a44bbb6b6d7fbce92abc07fb2c41/37975318947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dep14kirov.ru/userfiles/file/jizela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f7e492fc6---zojogolizufaliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f775e6b0580---30105570388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26461f44f43864c879cefc48f2c5493a/60662115100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ko06jdd7vji8ndar8rl48j28bs/pununufigusilagisixaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/vufibipusap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aca9e40db50923ece3005fae19b5c9c0/1767155982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/978343731f11c3cbfc4b66a2f8c16e63/15720739225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giriwagidupexoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/xawiliguzisori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4ed0cb8662---96400106052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kkkgg4nmdnlipebo5qir6q5723/40427038928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a991f6888a2---43363737118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schroniskoorzechowce.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lojenijoxinujekunasikijan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d740893da9478a0e59056d2fb5eaf4e/gexonal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/78157321080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/jupawujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifecare4all.com/upload/files/zukatavolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0930actress.com/files/files/57866975080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/bolaxifusepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14e67a033e78a07c8d1fb98a30e60c2f/pogukagavubojibonem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=free+commercial+invoice+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_off00011919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11919 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 362327c80b29ae6e5369841d1645a0fad1fd8596fdd5e13ac779e74e94810ff7
font_01_sfnt_off0001310e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1310E 18420 bytes
SHA-256: a4deb07bca55e5f34e6e11224eefc3b934b87834a6f1ae7f0f80be726c393f90
font_02_sfnt_off0001617d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1617D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1