Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 027981ab5c50bee4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.1 KB Created: 2021-08-10 12:13:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: c1a924e02e4bfe54e457055731b1473f SHA-1: 84c8b56991bd1c7940dd8151771520abd84e46ff SHA-256: 027981ab5c50bee4175ea1b7c6b68ad6b726e24250f9b7dde8db62f71130708b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of 'cmdqa1a9/48128267079.pdf' in the document text suggests an attempt to disguise or embed command-line related elements, further supporting a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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
  • 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.
  • 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://susta.vn/userfiles/file/fixajupixujezowiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3qi13tv0akacc3qt5uv66vdvfu/93431002270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/jonuxawiboxevadagosid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ivt8cu9gjqut1i6o8qk67eo4b1/84214305888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/redikufebivixexixigogipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.com/imgdish/files/tevimovor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24a6659c04aa5eabb2ed7d6d035a175a/26411926678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elitelawnsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rajsdtis6vnqbc3ghi1obli60u/jagupenibabiviloji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/500d400ac3fec7e3a7a9cb0793f839a5/dubakigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deitratech.com/userfiles/file/20754264324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c01192ddc49---71979634138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqphhi6q7o98vjta9scmdqa1a9/48128267079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8a0d49cdba---jawadalupagekinedamenuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/tuximekagefukorudavurifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pn45mnpa3vdfi541d4q4cgr8ou/3501935220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/wegonesuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcbcharpentebois.com/ressource/site-image/files/45754529892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/34545142100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ce174ecef484b91e9f944b1421fbf00/sutatekopadaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mahlkoenig.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/davoxoliwokebeniref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1e8fd5637---36116730255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/gidiwozopukavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/32689742523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-contentIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=cours+et+exercices+corrig%C3%A9s+sur+le+barycentre+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_off00015e54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E54 11436 bytes
SHA-256: 212bbc1cb00eeb2e47153ed622ec5389b121bfa3c1e22f9d01c5ac9d6f2104ec
font_01_sfnt_off000178d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x178D5 19816 bytes
SHA-256: cbfcdc5cc781e30b4a2c4bcc04d8863407965de16dd142cc43ed8dbdb9226e6d
font_02_sfnt_off0001abbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1ABBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1