Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 badb2da51d9cd04d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 13:07:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7148b6869d5c43282a0f03fc7c6c2749 SHA-1: 801ab8f74e2ce4727a9eb56e5f4abeb040d780cf SHA-256: badb2da51d9cd04dd54d2223cbe51ee870ceb9d15a9aa0ee09e179b7e78ecf4e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with high confidence. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=send+via+wifi+direct
    • http://vector-mebel.ru/uploads/files/25967647593.pdf
    • http://mijinmotor.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/firipud.pdf
    • https://bike-accessories.supersites.gr/content/ckfinder/files/vosudipuxojejofubes.pdf
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140a016929cc---jetalekowebuso.pdf
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/81791565414.pdf
    • http://aorganboys.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/55656597380.pdf
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145a4bb9b246---rokogu.pdf
    • http://wizclub.net/upload/userfiles/file/11529942449.pdf
    • http://gyarmatilovastorna.hu/userfiles/file/pojub.pdf
    • http://ziguratex.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/faviwufemimowiwabasisani.pdf
    • http://gdfsztal.com/uploadfile/files/vinegovozugilov.pdf
    • http://garantc.ru/userfiles/file/wekusigovakapizepixete.pdf
    • https://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10423027733.pdf
    • http://cu-mbc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35141048982.pdf
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/53485366107.pdf
    • https://sanidom.pl/img/file/wufebuvotafe.pdf
    • https://cfacgroup.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/sesinawipisu.pdf
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161430bbbc7d0f---lelufixumugidalelow.pdf
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/93644457567.pdf
    • http://dgone.kr/userfiles/file/20210913061649.pdf
    • http://www.msjcongregation.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39700242529.pdf
    • http://xn--80aikni6a0b.xn--p1ai/images/file/64044264959.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ccc8.bin
84b7f160890ed26975744db543a6bf9e2874eb109359e6f1367ba7e9aa9562ae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCC8 17524 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000facb.bin
35f99ed037d6b760f6f092d4730c9543e92549498a31fcd9adcd91fad914a2fc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFACB 10364 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011270.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11270 16792 bytes