Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21ed7240a352681d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.7 KB Created: 2021-07-30 15:17:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 33d90f4ff7ec54ddd80e4ab0d5953905 SHA-1: 58595cbfe9f899e5df7331df07d999651b13304b SHA-256: 21ed7240a352681d291dab8b7dc2cddeeaa9bcc7f4c11afcec0f4f33b1d5ed9b
144 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious, increasing confidence in its harmful intent. The presence of a 'LOLBin token sequence' in the document text further indicates an attempt to disguise malicious links or commands.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9879

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://aneri12.eu/res/file/87470347159.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6jncmdrejmidp47ci85k60h0q4/97539751455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751b0f0bb05---3039522208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/kiwixidizebawose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/92725143770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83976781674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pvp1n6udbpb8j4otochiatlak1/85024772962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///nirotizopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210713200411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2046532854---53324448531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coinproject.com/userfiles/image/file/mofalikelokefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01ac60292845779983662063370156a3/bodesutimara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dda91b92418---repope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609483b8c4280---wuvov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/47228941979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c778b28f9d---kinojosodopowavim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cybernet.asia/UserFiles/File/10955948684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ef5b1473b---kaxawajanudigitekowuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/18348285373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kltccompany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29979698067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f5a8e5b535761c01ebbdb26f557a8f9/65974976801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iswii.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kefapiporazipawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hieuchuan.com/upload/files/rogel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=fitbit+versa+2+band+instructionsPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000125c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125C8 10720 bytes
SHA-256: c4ae8d4cf3819475721a4d5105c12eeb1285c0e8cf08f7635aa43f08978922a6
font_01_sfnt_off00013e9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E9F 19600 bytes
SHA-256: c7edf01b8f85f3d26e401d3bcb52864501430171d63e8cfc31847f2862b5b434
font_02_sfnt_off0001700a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1700A 11428 bytes
SHA-256: 3629b1c382c56e95ac61f5d7e0ca9e853a537469a5f9b10015d683285cd1d4f0
font_03_sfnt_off00019345.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19345 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1