Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 186762ff513e8c77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 21:31:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: e4e3f2f65063cc5f5cbcd1d59871bcd7 SHA-1: ffd2d66914afc94aa4447d0d018b13d3fcc32bf5 SHA-256: 186762ff513e8c77a8b8caa243d3a72941db2663a1f2ae3c239224afc6891570
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm the malicious nature of the file, indicating it's likely a phishing or trojan distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+robux+2020+no+verification PDF link annotation
    • http://burelomdo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/filogugiwedubufip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymexco.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61485569491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriggio.it/userfiles/files/jituwakexafijapoxitoloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaitinhdien.com/app/webroot/upload/files/retibejilosafupodeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nordiskvillaventilation.dk/userfiles/file/78873386864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigcool.net/webroot/img/files/31038233738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardion.dk/gfx/fckimages/file/tunagudubugilawexebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowenlawmt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/16824052281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df772f70d55bb8dbd5f078c7f4f1d6c4/30393626290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatyzvule.cz/uploads/73307164419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/todebavedisodozowevesoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/004b12febe334bb65ebc42b2da515c06/fazomuvonisukobusalikodul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconfam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/meredagonuxaxadakulowaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/628a99f3ca30f6cd074531800c30a09c/sevogiwomowapilepifuben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ced444049f---vopogobumapoxevapag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/62934056076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjchenxing.com/filespath/files/20210903012551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149d4c6e48af---kagukavebuseboge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdcmd.com/data/files/momeseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eefa7f90be48f9cc5375c4745f449a7/28479637245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98cd3d2e203d003d00993b65ebfbf10b/93657595599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttworld.hu/uploads/content_files/files/wofalilopinede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimumnieruchomosci.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/jozojataregabolabolupoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arebiatours.com/uploads/files/99662031828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.coIn 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_off0000b815.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB815 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 72bf41b184e55022bf70bd8aee702ef5e7d5171a2676d4189a518910ed60af5b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0FD 16628 bytes
SHA-256: 93bf0e9746d1495320481980198a4fcffcc4b7a5b93d5919099327d2d515647d
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1