Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 401e572b5ac5b42e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:01:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: badf1bc1b93ecea03ab9848e5f6df27c SHA-1: 3f2997e58b42081add129ce8a9fdebb6120fb69e SHA-256: 401e572b5ac5b42eecf0e8d0b8dbb3aafee337bce6794ed8692b08d767701c6f
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier with high confidence. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of 'cmdso3p69lc3no7addj0qc7us4/31621979093.pdf' in the document text indicates a potential command execution or exploitation attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bts+base+transceiver+station+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://hagakure.by/upload/editor/files/30595260266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9tcco79thkkk5lnnh6vdk2u6hs/3803794106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/20572011772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorp.pl/userfiles/files/94466595401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f7b842246---potip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9dhkko6r6lp47brjpo9ln644n/28927592504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6r6moo35ur53jqeovel07ccrgq/dutajusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835daf34738---37358177419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2aae2341c9---xitixuxasulewizinifatanu.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://marigabung.com/contents//files/kubulikewolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/kuredoturu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/sakuzeduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/dojidizufoxivutipefelawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liftsystems.ro/LiftFiles/file/74476848086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cmdso3p69lc3no7addj0qc7us4/31621979093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b408fa234f3d4f10e14bb9dd3d5cc3bd/22258008560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123c6896f400---43722500269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/70903584501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netart.hu/userfiles/file/70279526579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdn10.cz/files/file/vilapimanitakiwibim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0hfspsd4udiiek96e2ta2d1fm4/91249373192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entorIn 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_off0000d6af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eec6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC6 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 26c86e4dad45e1840266cfdfb2b4ef8acdae5b6419e9d6ceeb1ca7beafe829b7
font_02_sfnt_off000107c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C2 17892 bytes
SHA-256: d5435ad719e67473446eabd98e24463dad5c706bc6035d36e90cdd9c2b152819