Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44b6260f8127602f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 03:09:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a0b9a75816b4cd01bce2998cef80882a SHA-1: 79e2629967a7d5311a7609d5f0b7fef0f9af5b23 SHA-256: 44b6260f8127602f8779f1e7f03ebef17e3bbd4d8252ffaeb65c6383f8874252
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of 'LOLBin token sequence' and a 'Visual download / call-to-action button lure' further supports a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=don+bradman+cricket+17+for+android+download PDF link annotation
    • https://thehouseproduction.net/file/gasoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siliralanalerinenub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriardue.it/userfiles/files/bidovatorurunagivorusaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albachiara.info/userfiles/files/19958406495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/maxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arabadvertise.com/userfiles/files/6199335306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kobajosojemupo.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f4ad6c6721---jimakewifatexezorer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivankrivanek.com/userfiles/file/93702310573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lor-rostov.su/userfiles/files/79147529559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indagosrl.it/userfiles/files/62196762648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec146c9f7427cf238ad06e82d738859c/16780285874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa-hungary.hu/editor_up/fizim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonderpanel.com/app/webroot/img/file/59455789915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///11829170754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrobreaker.com/files/files/80119052708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pierrelemagicien.com/userfiles/file/jevobotajomikoregipew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoledesgourmets.com/userfiles/file/wejudebabejemofumamowaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/46253257302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangjeom.com/userfiles/file///zizulake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://florylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/puvumapawaxamisanutibozot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winfielddeli.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31628485140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ce1839d0d---80529511775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/resofibof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aahs.givingplan.net/sites/default/files/editor/file/mivepug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://singer-island-condos.com/userfiles/files/51433060627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insightonafrica.in/userfiles/file/21181465250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arabadvertise.com/useIn 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_off0000da39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f24b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF24B 18108 bytes
SHA-256: 927adce59951cd06f32bb6fc12f2689bfb82a19292c443a9ac39a4d0cf408336
font_02_sfnt_off000120f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120F0 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 0772f9e73da7562743299dbafc2b50280c6172ef5388b5dd95b361130161ed44