Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e74a6e23297d31d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:25:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 10872dc10eccb6ad3abeb0ef2b7f70d0 SHA-1: fb45015fa912e2b8ba49ce5ffdfd618414d2f51b SHA-256: 0e74a6e23297d31d77352f044b1eae950fa9c087df1696073cefa937ccde14c6
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an image-based decoy and numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further malware. The heuristic 'SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND' indicates the presence of command-line tokens within the document text, which could be used to execute malicious commands.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://labelmarket.pl/data/file/83628690803.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4133fa1a0de1f28da1fac174d5fe759/35061323424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/29209359114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c0e25c9a6---volalifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt1.com/contents//files/95308679533.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://eventpro-kontraktorpameran.com/uploaded/files/jedajelaloti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/zovopakisipulemuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/nexot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerezolorente.com/files/cerezolorente/_repo/file/36493311488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.travelwithtaangoo.com/img/file/kematulowowutewinijalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c5c1361f2a---14565602856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdaniec.com/upload/files/87002954061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/menobuxifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amesonsofallen.org/clients/53156/File/56039171805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa27bb7020---17716977889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vita24h.com/uploads/userfiles/file/54232581234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antae.be/app/webroot/uploads/file/34558546840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1yunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61755711809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yifff.se/userfiles/file/lojem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14qovl1cjnncjljar3k8gp3jed/jexidasetapavepujimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actlogistic.vn/upload/editor/files/bakonizekazowixaketumej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdc7e4f170---kajefekulugunupawupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodlife88.com/uploads/files/27000170686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvesIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=applied+mathematics+for+business+and+economics+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_off0000b55b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB55B 13960 bytes
SHA-256: b73dfe72530f280cdf9438f13d35356b480bf1296b009d30450b8e2d1e755140
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000efbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFBF 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 50c7ec7a67b1e07cb6473ab8450802f1835db7ab610e7f7dc7c0b4b80d4e742e