Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bad5630bd1887c92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-09-25 10:27:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: ad9e7bf2b447fb85f27a0d0b68ad030e SHA-1: 83fe1991dd9940f75a64153d8e56991d83ed8033 SHA-256: bad5630bd1887c925f6633d6b9e104ca9f65625104e8044200c2ef5d648667d0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. These links appear to be part of a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results or redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+transfer+files+from+android+to+chromebook+wirelessly PDF link annotation
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ec6f61f6d4---5532901764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a011637a5f592b88a1112929ec0cc30/75414189883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxlmedu.com/file/files/20210901_230312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gdchgs.com/admin/img/files/nezimonuzogud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/pifoxegajazuguvovifizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80age2amlc.xn--80adxhks/pics/images/file/19288017396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fishuntpesca.it/file/3606957981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dialog-seversk.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33810720650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138faf5243b0---fasutonax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwpetersburg.com/uploads/files/75855319613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wadirumshootingstars.com/userfiles/file///9375404692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o2opr.co/userfiles/files/46395047126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzbaosui.com/uploadfile/files/demavirotox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rem-stroymont.ru/img/file/tavapis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonkmp.nl/img/cms/file/13845756093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.horakgolf.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kesulagikevites.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4talocqc2v71vqp4uu1crlk71d/nuvafurezitagareradetuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18724099726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://next-engineering.com/userfiles/files/84973663405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fesuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioioto.store/upload/files/jidaketuxatazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-energo.ru/content/file/bimomibifirabuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8566424fc561e07cb7489ffef66667cf/50502691551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.santaterezinha.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22874359430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espokebar.com/uploads/files/nuzegagajosat.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_off0000b4d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4D7 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 9f159642218d05b0dec952c0944005b6159bf5374cf79972f09e72826967df94
font_01_sfnt_off0000cec3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEC3 16084 bytes
SHA-256: afd46700bbd748e4dd65755fc0e458409e2b4a8d944ad3d432ef32bd1caab8cd
font_02_sfnt_off0000f756.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF756 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1