Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02a326d699d6230e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:33:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: e81a75c40ae2bc8ae45d242cea53248c SHA-1: a683b97a8d14f2b7606d9e691aaa6874220e7254 SHA-256: 02a326d699d6230e50233721b94dd9fd06b0bc73dc2dcb832bfe1eb9df454661
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of 'LOLBin token sequence in document text' indicates potential command execution attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/9337833855.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://manpukulivermore.com/uploads/files/penefafabok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lltsg.com/uploadfile/file///2021080408560536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eqpibgruvc0vv59mn7ut6ckl3/75946864544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b00dc30d6c---bafixexaxigerojom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ronaldtan.nl/images/photo/jadowun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/3540833916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854f6f80d8e---49063196107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de904d50936---sojub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/nujefepasidugonuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b1b6f439ea9254caeb1db0175076dee/74551952272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7f2178d74---1641115272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5620311daf---54015345922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gm4ol9tf80ug2675pmm7slgugp/mobezufadedifarosewujame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1acbpobggs.xn--p1ai/data/files/45396037868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swiz.eu/files/editor/80576920159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609860e8eab2d---vutuneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa70c6a9b0---nifeneribazomivaxamex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/wedolipeduki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanking.net/userData/board/file/lukurolojebakirawila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ffee06d6c5---22386710030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/463623b9c42e1bb8bf307b47e41da3a9/50739517133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanking.net/uIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=defective+detective+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000b9da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9DA 16804 bytes
SHA-256: 9976a60bf10575078e88e38f9c0c75e8d38858afe5152a3f3a2ed562f9ea3766
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4B6 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 827d1deed2f4241b093b0cf54649a0f92aa676398ce20952557a0f158f8181aa
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1