Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bbad40307ec3e976…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:28:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3b4e8a40fda93e95e18aa331171f1945 SHA-1: 850c45634764e2b77d2a5e9b9b84dc42dc7cb9d8 SHA-256: bbad40307ec3e97600aa04b766072a0167654106dc178d524de86889721648d6
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external resources, some of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further suggests a lure to download malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file, likely used as a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://abouelhoulgroup.com/userfiles/files/womuru.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15020077415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/gipifobunirazoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpfsvqrnbscu5loevb9g6ovug6/lakosopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1yunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23241014940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lelba874pp8nmf78oiq3su9vf2/burajunilogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bf4b0d033df021181cfc3b72b06e640/tesurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/fabibixuxetepujogupinabob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rerr8n61v4jj0d1fs56gu5nbvq/55299357417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/31386184444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cualuoiskydoor.com/webroot/img/files/fuwevujazokulex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhigh78.com/clients/2/2d/2ddbae4fb74c169819b3574d76e4e264/File/dorivagudukudizodakubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t83lgv113p6ovjkvio2rcn63sc/60674427405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4611a03c904163fa13101243568af268/nomegofexipevonunelojuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.satit.nrru.ac.th/satit/_Adminis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/furibevajew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/jixowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9msk5v2cvotu0t8hk9leld3s95/tonewakegenevidobepogexuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bocion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50471980581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b99c24f1a3---todisipejejesifug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de02d32d0d76c734edcedc41d18134ba/gumub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d83ccfb2654---17296252354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d7cb65a83---sorunironit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/367d21e450c214ab4aefd7a7cbd92f58/52599527206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocariola.com/userfiles/files/wejusejesuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=navodaya+admission+form+2019+pdfPDF 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_off0000d70b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD70B 18024 bytes
SHA-256: 6ed159ba8e5f6d93a64d6626a634cbc905af192e4386f4d731c34a4f8d1ad03a
font_01_sfnt_off000105e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011dfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DFD 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 5f87ae4d9ba0c7ac1f6c504808e58ae209dc3852d2c734b055bb42699126ba40