Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bad626d77cb79fba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-28 13:45:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 059e2a6924113ec2ec017363e43ff00a SHA-1: a5dbfbcbb62eabcbe6d340f2c71b2adfd7105294 SHA-256: bad626d77cb79fbac77ac05bdad63677059e52374c07c465c028f4268d9935e6
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document is designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to malicious content or phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c23321fac3---miranoxefez.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/28556654185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rulada.by/upload/editor/files/70353256128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stluciachamber.org/uploadedImages/contentImg/file/selesijimujunafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocoseatee.com/userfiles/files/vasemadedulibunafiwixivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phupmirpol.pl/userfiles/file/sovokamomuloguremoxuwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/7784925798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spokoino.ru/i/upload/files/88973864168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekreativecompany.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/bexud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hklh.vip/data/attachment/file/27190555888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijdssymposium.eu/upload/patebelofizifenoxugigaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/40160156962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boracayg.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210922_5A285AA0F4C4D099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88ddd61f07239d8fd39916e97ecb9c9f/45355060577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tisanozajenipuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehreganimaging.ir/images/upload/files/68654626898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sirozuparotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eebcbab2b4---45954277312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c15900aa9f---bekomofadaweris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picart-personal.pl/fckupload/upload/file/dewapar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francescasciortino.it/userfiles/files/2556291176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/31717345915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a0c93645f69800a8e6f4e0516a19ff5/8696017314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/3523908296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614090fa71d37---wazomepikoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=india+vpn+unlimited+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000b364.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB364 10496 bytes
SHA-256: be81a04b16886299e0ec267ad5f3abe9e920067b664562c621e371193352229d
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB2F 13620 bytes
SHA-256: 8bae64b8fe27fde3625abac2262d61864f9a686d1a65922b3a60f473ee04c08a
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1