Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bad0926eb0e4d8f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:51:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1f1c0a37ddf3373375aa87e51099b19f SHA-1: 3cb28ccf8088fc35e815b22f4757555a6d1b9887 SHA-256: bad0926eb0e4d8f4720da4f28a28de1fc3213ce7040ec531bde859bed63f49ae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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://bodymason.com/user_uploads/files/zabes.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c74e7779a0---75342474367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900ebfb8e8d---xomujejijamoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daks-96.com/f/uploads/files/dufapajozuzerumenozugukib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98911562699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/28549755516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walkandsmile.com/userfiles/file/98872778847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96857551867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpghomerepairs.com/uploads/image/files/wovotujelodeguwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/15243488089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ea7db1b9c---79201823181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d36aacbfa26---40486134137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebank.ru/sites/default/files/photos/pagefile/zurojagigeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/93960100406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ab1a9a.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/xoropibivanogozutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7c589b9043---43612894995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macautemple.com/userfiles/file/moroposavosuvizupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaphatmed.com/upload/file/97902290281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotte-ppta.com/beta/assets/file/75109724588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaika.in/images/documents/files/36347595581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballard1966.com/clients/22636/File/tuviwadawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tischlerei-schlusche.de/sites/default/files/file/29601778825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/86466171556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/goxezunotosolixebujeguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safetyassessmentsolutions.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruzirozibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=urolithiasis+guidelines+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_off00010724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10724 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011f3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F3B 10884 bytes
SHA-256: bb15d7fc04351b5b56138f7de2cd54642c186cb6361af88196be9444a0bb2931
font_02_sfnt_off0001381b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1381B 18752 bytes
SHA-256: c02be588fa2045a8d8a9139ad5e097bc9b0e1bc144ae46c4ab236848f3e94747