Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e1bcd1545433859…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:28:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f91dea08b13e3a4725329e24399120a3 SHA-1: 247c0f6f5fbafcd8e860d9f8bac804fe58c6e7da SHA-256: 1e1bcd15454338595d8f579999909a171747e59f6dceb5072468c86f3b3750d2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine results or redirect users to malicious content. The presence of 'LOLBin token sequence' heuristics further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/88748433696.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://portakalweb.net/home/portakal/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74072552637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osayit.com/images/file/taritopozodafawafu.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://krcatikyonetimi.com/userfiles/file/63946939623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e04c0d8676---xojotidilarofuteneted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114c44c17a12---bedemulideviji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anshan56.cn/userfiles/file/1630085023356672394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/sutobujavugefok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c734d28747881375658e7db1c319b23/kaworabutas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/govorawotefebopapewafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oasis-inwaste.asia/files/file/92988084776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contelex.it/userfiles/files/85905845438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9abcc785236f9f623bd7687f28f3b295/lexalomibisos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qa42laba2imcjqsjfr81tjeup3/lozok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/zaxowowid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://articolo17.it/siti//usr/foto/files/65931830801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/bilasawibutusazasezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/xosinivatilidifabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/84808669333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misspacificus.com/clients/873634/File/tufebanib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/lusorodujubedaremojiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efd515d865b---15992510337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db40b5a111---77790331356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldapa.eus/files/galeria/files/kejatiwuxodogimove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/30505904622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portakalweb.net/In macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=clinical+immunology+and+serology+stevens+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000c941.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC941 11360 bytes
SHA-256: b0a0e16e058add16b664c165d79ddbba5979737cbdf2814c1b70271ce3c19131
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3D9 16940 bytes
SHA-256: 98d611828b361b76a1ebac542e43384f27b0aa2e56d2537746be23c79060b7ce
font_02_sfnt_off00010f9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1