Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09f91e4b607a8140…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:25:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 00716e02168c98096dcfa57bf589e049 SHA-1: 14a350e8c4ef339a9348647b090035f1a00baa0a SHA-256: 09f91e4b607a81401a77a79275a88042f281be0631af85bd2b15950e588600ef
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is classified as malicious by ML models and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting sites, many of which host further PDF files. The document's structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading potentially harmful content under the guise of a user manual.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+watch+46mm+user+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://dlzhrjd.com/images/uploadfile/files/wukegopujoxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a102c28d4ef---kotofeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ff1b4ee50b---lijurijaxevitumomag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4e4d9abc1---zomibovixowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/59316617420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafesezony.ru/fck_editor_files/files/97745760082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gdchgs.com/admin/img/files/41458733154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d37fb0740b0528953b7e4bd352f18e26/22274788749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbo33utfch0dlti4m99smft3bb/gasobusaworavopasude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bca3875dfd---77012814658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrrdc27i62c9n9i9ov0sgpjq3h/xejuzaxoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091649d33482---tedatidepakuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gma.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fepenumokes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ave-france.com/pics/files/43123820704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/buxurokowaxasafezimofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbe2e47cq9ncmdsile5e806loi/90638929495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drproperty.in/userfiles/file/sudebudilotavufusuzej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schachverein-marchhoefe.ch/fcsr/news/upload/file/59627053490.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e9679be63---8911837264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b209e4bef09---tifuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/fowixir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/binivujojikifimoxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nisahanpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xakejuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ideylia.fr/uploads/file/44247419399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldtile.net/jangheung/userfiles/file/nugawuzerisesise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drproperty.in/userfiIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • 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_off0000ef62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF62 10972 bytes
SHA-256: e57626549631a08b792bcdf09d095548f49f1f6fb70705f2979fd924db8dfcdf
font_01_sfnt_off000108ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108CA 18448 bytes
SHA-256: af6839f85c791ceebf454fc2e3e9b0952a538931d4136cdda46cdb4e8e5208fe
font_02_sfnt_off00013948.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13948 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1