Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bad90d3a525f7ad1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-10-01 00:43:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 1136c1b2c62a894f9a05e8d37434f6ac SHA-1: 115ac77999867719bed05351914b9fb871a51e08 SHA-256: bad90d3a525f7ad1d7c36028982a5de2f30f642a56684807370ac455d4336bed
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+outlook+pop3+settings PDF link annotation
    • http://kenzoum.org/home/integrity/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/damelewit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kerryparsonsfoundation.org/media/file/13711386186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neurondevelopment.org/userfiles/file/94438805402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpc-serbia.org/js/files/bezebovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synersys.fr/contenu/file/luwalikadaxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/79710873585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137bad3e692c---34787750533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/25010312208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76cf38a024b180da1bd39d8c36f59007/14913223694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nl3ncjsj5p5kqm7dsrnbqp1ki3/92423804194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cross-winds.in/upload/contents/images/images/13668070825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.net/upload/kanuginap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/94239492680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam2.com/contents/files/bobetapujokimanufebup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhambra.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/vawonevemisiserebove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asqcert.net/files/files/75583427742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguagnoni.it/userfiles/files/midaboze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139299733500---31920875790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neurooperations.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66614019401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnhaduong.com/images/uploads/files/fexoxaror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://museodegliarazzimarsala.com/userfiles/files/71173770706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtyxbpzx.com/filespath/files/20210907011406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a7a891bd0a---31387662696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336d9333c8c---jokiwuzi.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_off0000b9f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d208.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD208 18308 bytes
SHA-256: cd53454526f9bbba8aac2ab5dbb30a80ad82b21828b483071656237b3c411381
font_02_sfnt_off00010170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10170 10748 bytes
SHA-256: f8c92ea10e7b6cb02bfb7560eabc22979628080e4529a3b6dfe010941516834e