Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 438687e9bc5ed7c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:22:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 55ce2d129559e42667ccab2d5bb6bbc0 SHA-1: 0e32056c492210142ac6fcea8ee25e4c8d3e46fc SHA-256: 438687e9bc5ed7c98c064d1e1fd365db3799807a4347ecca5772ecb82596bff0
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier. It uses a LOLBin command-execution lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 6

  • 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/63517082721.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kepajitaxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3e1498c0af---76393552351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/nemapukovepagopepepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otevrel.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25658962618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/buvozilosibuvetesuvusifig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/userfiles/files/66321260623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/90445501964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a9bbed1ae---suvopepotegogudesuvez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maksimetall.ru/files/92562257294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nexonosiwanibibujaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddservice-bmw.pl/userfiles/file/tonuwofopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/xojopefifiwepetavunepez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d24baf2a579---66881375176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/52464889017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed3a4uo3bkum2fkqrgq5253mvr/33512600160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c236646fec---kenax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad32913a247d44408ed9d27513957fe5/9478463591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kbr05fb3h24u4vb8tsvrujbcjd/gupexiviruwexin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bfa0920f79---84957601456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/kuwasixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1d5df2264b949c36f956b5925978a11/doxeridofusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/18059475041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a84fdbdc7---tipifufemepez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/appIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=bollywood+songs+tunes+mp3+free+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_off0000c3e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3E5 16880 bytes
SHA-256: d2a13d6cdca423c5b179523bd9ee0e0afe3f6a7071d63aea4b618c39f14f44c3
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010775.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10775 11276 bytes
SHA-256: f4c3549194559c7dd89925cf8c093aee638c54902b3523baf71bf1acdc112668