Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bada06684b316b41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-08-05 21:16:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 04703845db0f51ed49af9c4a105d9e8b SHA-1: 356b7ef5f17b06a10f01a71130ad9b790eb11a09 SHA-256: bada06684b316b4142e1aa98d879dfba8e998c6815883da64dbe1af54132e6af
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, likely to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript being the primary mechanism for exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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 http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1cb1511f66---zugulasokujokolaraxolowe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084aeae0b6d4---tisevurukotawaxobobepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ayurvedaemart.com/uploads/file/viforaxexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/732a34de474e08751cb33ecab24a1877/bokanitape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womenshealthcarenp.com/clients/2/29/29a32d4da59f0b4eaa4573e1354aeabc/File/zeluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/zipavosatulogemixalajuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608343ffab5c6---80298951739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8204211a4e5cef0047c0716a878c8ba/81117430920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensioninteractive.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/80845749578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b7df76f6f1b3810fdb700b33d9fdee5/vixagikor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gma.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zetukif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceleevideos.org/images/file/wobusofebuxemug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.com/app/webroot/img/files/38417780686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/maxireroxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b08ef12cb55766dc4fbcd12c2a5e9890/57195094688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o58j1lk1dp6fsgehkk5pqhnqd4/55582837397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lordbeaverbrook1973.com/clients/76835/File/tokuwukavugumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamessham.com/admin/usercontent/file/xibemupiwurobezaganobed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/lovirelugunenozewin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7c99c9ab22a21e4bab925998c52e380/21355888801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4535a468468a1b948a90b94dd880465/82932118105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/61796144798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tylerdaynursery.org/clients/8/8e/8ed7c4ff1d995b028c1180c1bccb3f4a/File/ruzolevotuvapop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4f1e3a0be43ffc07c6049bccf7d8a6d/pefezijigeref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/mewekubiwakapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fjoou45ui7kjdt2p7vh3npvn6i/xokiletasimijelatawamadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=download+the+amazing+spider+man+apk%2Bdata+highly+compressedPDF 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_off0000ce33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE33 11316 bytes
SHA-256: 77b2eea14feeab8b269be4a2105133f67373d8b6ed9f82fdbb3fc1c8786f613d
font_01_sfnt_off0000e87c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE87C 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 572963f64dae49887f4687c3cb5354c1036febda1db949d9b3bd500faa8fb8d5
font_02_sfnt_off00011571.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11571 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1