Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3040183a2f16693a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:10:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 285611211072cee6fbc84b3e2f39f437 SHA-1: 4b433bde818b5fafe668b162b2a10d75c34a485d SHA-256: 3040183a2f16693a8bd6e497867d182a1e4d533adb077b0be318c1cc6e939bee
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of 'cmd.com' in the document text, though obfuscated, further supports the execution of commands.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kku6lc17a42r24iqghlpbb8dqk/42395622636.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://burchiellati.com./file_fck/file/84496836298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/833fae505d20ab3a818535dc78cf8dc3/69448149690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhcoaching.com/userfiles/files/meradibenij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reniuved.it/file/nazixukidilulibulakiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135d77085ade---jezazowesuniforolugeseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aitalk.vn/upload/files/91401970139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iskoruma.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fujosotafazemunetodixog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tosto.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xerovidofegefeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chnli.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/rogikenawizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenceraffaellotorino.com/userfiles/files/xupulixefuvavigimonaduxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoron.net/up/files/53933223820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewhitmerlawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/27201516280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/nopesegiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a322bc6f8d1---wosazemiromijisedajekomav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f0d5e0fe8e8cf4365956751313859ee/vituxolivotixitajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d62b4a603b---gekubuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/nadoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdcmd.com/data/files/tujumagobipipuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emons-verlag.com/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/50205640042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arket.io/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ds0ji8e6r6pgesdh72c9tv2ot3/kimiwuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qjurqov6c6huvl4tiidg34ue52/51977704031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c15a654809---gufajamizibatubaladapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/27485683521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kajsanordstrom.com/userfiles/files/zopazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emons-verlagIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+pdf+merger+full+versionPDF 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_off0000d86f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD86F 18796 bytes
SHA-256: 84fa617628f10649f74a8c55dbf7b7429d3886df582c148db52cb4726049e440
font_01_sfnt_off00010844.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10844 10972 bytes
SHA-256: a98ffedf07a7a431507a31ba3ed64c36ceae26060f26e2c38ab5eecf81bf5bdc
font_02_sfnt_off00012184.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12184 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1