Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0cfbd5fd40841836…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.2 KB Created: 2021-08-02 20:00:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6e2423dc8613c3b507b12775604cf0d2 SHA-1: b59b1dfecb5bc4c8c191ae48d0dc57940e311a3e SHA-256: 0cfbd5fd408418360cb97a3d8ee7971805ec28c6c38f89de6aba49173b12dae5
196 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. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload locations and other suspicious domains. The presence of 'cmd' tokens in the document text suggests an attempt to execute commands, likely to facilitate further malicious activity or exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+does+knox+die PDF link annotation
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a53ed01faecc291c9ded6191558a1c87/jeduwekibatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e7k8qi05qdsio242s4j7hc6g2/pimifisufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpn1971.org/clients/a/a2/a25689677492d603657f1241a2a69ea8/File/gamefowuletumunarenevodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blsautomation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekodezofawoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37d958c796bad88c1be5d7a5af9daa45/83858900406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bbeed388a04b319106dc7940f9a3f26/fizinixojuret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66e3cjus1nve9u4lmmrvct2lqq/31474236695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khaskhaan.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/tuligimozizilemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solar-makernavi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/farinonuwetalisana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960166cf2a5---sofik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e90c51aea64---68713062289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f181dd2ee2---38191751834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/72814114547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handinhand-daycare.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38457392700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0fmuigfgj12aidcmd9ruu6r9e/kuluzatotivapaviposele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationalcoopadvisors.com/userfiles/files/92694368430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zowos.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://ht-cooling-j3t.com/contents//files/zogoralusa.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5e5b46665lt74gcss6t4a5897/misipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scoutpate.com/userfiles/file/62884138526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d91414454---sakowasokilefajegek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725527409d6---57035699638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationalcoopadIn 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_off00019331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19331 18496 bytes
SHA-256: a217178694a64a4ace92fd2261841ec13c170c4d8f12e4116b9637f8b8fc0e22
font_01_sfnt_off0001c2c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C2C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001dadd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DADD 10108 bytes
SHA-256: 6bad8e8ff55235c0915eaa19c3bbe345d54e68cd9395530b0cc4f237a31558fc