Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 023aa9af59b31810…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-10-01 05:29:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 48d3a7bd25437ba89340cf238c0f72ad SHA-1: 19aab0d4b41a74cfa2f9cae3ae522b0c8e433361 SHA-256: 023aa9af59b31810567675689b23ca1dde05a480dfbf026db5a49786dad7663f
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics suggest the document's primary purpose is to act as a link farm, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9780

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.
  • 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://jcsh.bluezp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bilitefavas.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://livbiopharma.com/userfiles/file/87029086502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnhaihui.com/userfiles/file/20210904165810_362498290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u761l4cdao5fseiotkqimpf4b0/nidejajetezewuzomujav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saimiri.name/upload/file/2317981503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/lowujukufuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/47543869249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topbuild.net/content/xuploadimages/file/62917793023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.vn/files/usersfiles/files/jorurog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinepravenconsultant.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/75585566715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d437be6d6c---11245026182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148ce463af65---lodim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.msjcongregation.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7078940666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daqing-jewelry.com/uploads/files/202109022322025839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-customer.de/userfiles/file/rinifudapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdcmd.com/data/files/menefebuder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.com/user_img/files/67656502371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milorem-service.ru/userfiles/file/30624151057.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/wogewemerurijad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615444c9f0268---71844125271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://affze.com/userfiles/file/13849535443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://american-security-inc.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bemopuxipubunuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153f3d68df18---28551123010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzion-palice.cz/content/mojatinutibidebeletadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/82646843521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khambenhxahoi115.com/images/files/tidevasodanez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.comIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=queen+of+the+ring+watch+onlinePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c038.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC038 19864 bytes
SHA-256: 9886d38ee3940e62721554623de528bcf690714868dbf557d43a10af99b2cc41
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3F7 16232 bytes
SHA-256: 01cd0e4798e93fb086042d610f43ddeed7bf091af48aa863f5c4a4f61b651684
font_02_sfnt_off000109d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109D1 10692 bytes
SHA-256: bc016684e464a8d1282ff1561d5fdfb046bb30a2c64e55ed66e327c050a61a7d
font_03_sfnt_off0001227b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1227B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1