Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0bb04ac4fe6613e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 07:07:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 76179b0110b5fa84da30ec0fe3e69201 SHA-1: 9eedf714707d91cb2c95d93a0fa07958e8d382dc SHA-256: 0bb04ac4fe6613e536503a40e001623c6cbb21d4f6ff794d315fdde8cd6cc4ec
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of a 'LOLBin run command' heuristic suggests potential execution of system commands, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/97791739557.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/604230976792d61e620faaae1a32c559/50378576352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f620e2cbc2---zojapizowisolosepiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tcm5b9k706npac8qqhbdh8tfcf/zetozevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/befixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2eb022d10142a233f24ce90b78aa218/47812602630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2221bfae4---fukajuvetutol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a880776afe5---pagigipijorojiziwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ee238e6fc0e70e3157bdf7dcebf68db/dikonetewazibefogororeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n07nubvesrcmdqo8q58rctapgk/zoboxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad1bc4ebb4---gazunotixenarukis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0aa98d9b8b72e17d443e2bfc703bb072/44920400755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/05/16/file/20210516_154308_148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c5b9a23c5d14c8e0c8a9237cd05266e/99614487475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d457de27c---vamalumiliturumuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607639884d797---74561501483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malbreil.com/userfiles/file/96838127277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d69262e6bb7c95a4a35c9a3c37feb3aa/87526561191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c91b76a8a4---26613602300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6562413b1d08e55c84d620a13a041804/411942821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///88383277961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1bf7ee1c3e---puvewerutigugapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/404ac5b2c2294d67f0c0fdff07bd76df/71916558442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/kelibadavexitugomujakowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-conteIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=kyp+exam+questions+and+answers+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_off0000ed8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED8C 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 32fb91a3e4ce88c5cb0f1b7b5c15f135a47008854bae456b974a4d75c05f584f
font_01_sfnt_off00010780.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10780 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F92 17420 bytes
SHA-256: 2924a62a2f2d01318272bc1bf844d94e1be751a886e9c327cef641fb95c366e9