Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0222ac0d8f94210d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:18:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8dc538b472afb37b3cb0302c63df8866 SHA-1: ed6e92ffcd7aad0517e4b2944e984bfae60070ee SHA-256: 0222ac0d8f94210d835d019aebe47ddd93db33b0b91fd1a99860049449613c07
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and link farms, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of a 'LOLBin run command' heuristic also suggests potential execution of commands, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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.
  • 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://aquamedicasatumare.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6002506174.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b599eb1d207---tovokuxudepukaguvatiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xukek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/61879647219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/xozilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d86e964c58---39174350407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seja.lv/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/46289131273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kop-trans.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/30587375193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marlin-aquarium.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90679169794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3033b27948---95917045010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/xetusitixonatazir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/170825937360bc6ead93e3e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hissekurban.com/resimler/files/59334141960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbe3121c21---64559125596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709a00aa738---berekumowosiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/xoronuvutama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/1222679769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoshitorionline.com/uploads/files/komisuwugisizanelizavabew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spvi.cn/filespath/files/20210815121149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/nezudoruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9f217e0a9---gakedarudolewamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f17988a4d5---rewenoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c131667e5f5---wewububo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=manually+install+python+linuxPDF 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_off0000df2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF2C 18436 bytes
SHA-256: 9ea7246571387dba8343a1490b6f1f0b99a57267bc923f5bbc52f7d2e807a537
font_01_sfnt_off00010f19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012730.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12730 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 3fc31b22be2e46f37156f41eb9191a12c17a01f74fcfccff13e5d043279a918e