Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a5caa9d0bd5d3a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-08 03:08:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 98a5c71941b3c975850b7110722fd3f4 SHA-1: 4a4302e7e4e9cb461111e21b6f4152ba37717d4f SHA-256: 1a5caa9d0bd5d3a3fd24392dd5f9b06a602badcbc1100c8f30bbc3e3b1983969
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 document contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute phishing or malware. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs indicates an attempt to track user engagement with these lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=curly+arrows+in+organic+chemistry PDF link annotation
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/utvj4bd4n194esb49c07hpegu7/97155901562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propiedades.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38282206954.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9680365a0ebc6a8dcb126e269bbbe1dc/gagalodufajoxofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f73dbdb29---33675626486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gadd-asso.org/userfiles/file/39970946354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/80797545851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud//files/musajapivikuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitacanes.com/uploads/files/60351306963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n9usrbhoomq423n1afol14chh5/26102682566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b541188ed3---litosuzut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fructusartis.com/i/File/zikekibiwixuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs60to70.com/clients/3/32/32806278e47d7e4d905c37b1d6ebf04a/File/25251764868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/wuxezoromilutapobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d679c04591e---zudovebozofuvunudon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5471c50cfde5e41211e90b7905ea814/2609349039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210508050233144558687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acbbe8d73e---gosijazupitapaxigoraloju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/lakukujuvirilisoxuwosap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-kva.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juzekuzoponadugapatex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalensi.com/public/File/lotenavesofidiviti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d720b82e2---10023424574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/34809004423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a5580dae89---16978299462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/pasizenab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflowerIn 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_off0000f218.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF218 18620 bytes
SHA-256: 0754a64ff69ea9035611254de9710918dd3724074fb3be776890f207f94e8069
font_01_sfnt_off00012243.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12243 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 1f86b2d286dbc8c30d00616ffb2a3aec6191e5434ed2ff14eefc831ac32272b8
font_02_sfnt_off00013bd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1