Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 213e619dbc4e751c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-07-24 19:07:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 700e86e11749805f5b83b2f614789bf6 SHA-1: b96e9fdde5cee106eacbecdd920e6e3f23c873a7 SHA-256: 213e619dbc4e751cd1b068386e2982e73ec2a7b449e521bf4f7b50499e01cec5
276 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains heuristics indicating it is a malicious phishing document. It explicitly instructs the user to execute a PowerShell command, specifically 'PowerShell -NoProfile -InputFormat None', which is a common technique for downloading and executing further payloads. The document also contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites, suggesting a broader campaign to distribute malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 9

  • 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
  • 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://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/remasorugapifamefoke.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/dusuboponigixitumadux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francoisdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gutuvenesijasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5888922f5f346cc49300698621827ae/jigopupexosifeker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5701ec7efe---55903841196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/lezogigabanajutubox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762057b248e---zaridesotab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwayinn.com/image/files/20210615_034914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57911173779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b1321ce97---64081573549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/74536207083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.southforconstruction.com/frontend/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riduxibamisupipowikun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfa2bccf78---16075484460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c211dcdff55---79220367395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a16cd2888---35453834629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bfed409525---vijukoxiretex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23d6711d1aa304d3f6c6a38d503a1167/49564933772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patp1ryb.ru/media/file/88646854815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elbag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bad228378456b9996d9f43cddf95a12a/wuwuvetutajiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd1b98e8e6f6652f8c4831832c04dc8d/46893586770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majesticcaliberenglishlabradors.com/clients/a/a7/a77fae3751d16767b5fd1969bdae34dd/File/gafuvarizirodopalitune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5a5b513f4---65936739702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092358241d29---50329011236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dahchen.tw/userfiles/file/94221845173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce6528c9d0---87476205532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=install+hollywoodbets+app+for+pc+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_off0000f99d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF99D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000111af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111AF 18528 bytes
SHA-256: a6e289d03bc0ccb1483a78608798acd883e1155ead03609224593c439838929e
font_02_sfnt_off000142db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142DB 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 6ef1e11458b49fbb0b6a6f190c0c4ce1c6ec5e75931adba9cf22dde9cff3dd20