Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1471f924ea3bf9f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-08-12 08:33:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a4d236cf3d47f37a8627bb9e6349a1c9 SHA-1: ce1225778f95420d9ee037b1f8b31ee4a536df5c SHA-256: 1471f924ea3bf9f4533d61f358b890e6f69df8f31bc0a8575aabd6920e05726c
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The presence of a 'Clipboard command execution lure' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to copy and paste content into a command-line interface, suggesting an attempt to trick the user into executing malicious commands. Multiple heuristics point to the use of link farms on compromised or disposable hosting, indicating a distribution method for further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/41746123757.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b455042cc53---rasivakojobosejedodokevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blsautomation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94596079972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc7f897e3a---56421901323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shippingengineering.com/files/ckeditorothers/51165515218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d4759a362---lumowim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/67187512433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094572c470b9---bugexonabazetivopufujafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ns0rc1bj0215068c00tl9p2dv/37092942827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-stainlesssteel.com/uploads/image/files/vawalazemuwutiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091771d5fc96---53995581640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///rokebibuzewopuxozorebebul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/fizorepuzekebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcaps99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7260845233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/42291256708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/gigipowedojukisubutuxoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/82999390149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camgloberealtor.com/userfiles/file/97355839856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872b1781ed5---23987324503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611461f656058---72187324577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosaison.fr/userfiles/files/99665984040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c53cb3a47d---67135517511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastera-mix.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moxavalipolux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archimax.ch/dynamic-images/cms/file/lebefuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+convert+pdf+to+jpg+for+freePDF 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_off0000e7ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7EE 19260 bytes
SHA-256: 6ccafccf6bf7abde08a3e23d63a3dffa61b07d3f7062808abf3a9c507f05ed48
font_01_sfnt_off00011907.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11907 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001311e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1311E 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 7794cca6a68ee66251e35571d6e0acec3c51910985705f8226b8ee2ca616b613