Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0462241b3c7c6137…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:06:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 6d4a39bd1947f74f15a2c4d8128a2f36 SHA-1: d9f544afe678d3533062104096031d60d904a823 SHA-256: 0462241b3c7c61377cd197acf0b1daa8bd4261cb6d76c6466ab1455cbad04ed7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a LOLBin command-execution lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://buchtel1967.com/clients/26382/File/4106140141.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9af355a6646e7ee83a95b06ab5209bf3/27877759517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.com/user_img/files/267376183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5b78ef09e7---25332924351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/32520420180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rr5m4n8udqjh66pvif9uajecmd/sufisugifofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d94351dc4d44b24525c3365c8486e6e/26019796908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076813874324---xetini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/51228669387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rajpuc.pl/pics/file/39593514063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161082345c067f---6606924452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yachtandgulet.com/userfiles/file/8955153301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7vmbgpl64u26bsrgr27l00hcg/4566699942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designerhouse.ru/upload/files/62013306228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609495e0d547f---vofazevixanit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio2.com/contents/files/12906339668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c22fd1c945b---zivofikalakolesudemig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adeptos.clevercloud.pt/images/items/files/pafuwumuvitolegojokomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/miwizepagafutunem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/wudul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhktn.at/images/content/files/gojoropomikel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b3d7d8580---2278183430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugiIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=kamikara+penguin+pop+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_off0000d792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD792 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 69a0f6630ee2d2edc6e9d08dcaba57ce3dc9d5831636f78f91904152b30cab8b
font_01_sfnt_off0000efd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD8 18216 bytes
SHA-256: 2780455e2022f3b68d8f4ca038b0dddddb5e522a8ce4fee6a94c535b9d464280
font_02_sfnt_off00011fa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FA2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1