Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a3d0896aafc5e91…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-15 19:09:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e5667e07ee2cb2ef85b952fe8da10b3a SHA-1: 56f1751d8a8795fd52eb295d04a34a233729fab5 SHA-256: 4a3d0896aafc5e913a0ceb48520267a584b760794ee3655718d9238215da2245
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a redirector to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND' also suggests the presence of command-line execution indicators within the document text.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a5d1cb03a09---dixafupowaponako.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/579b33a14b9761f2c41886694e908823/42046978204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609478b1ad78e---28403950475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3cc842caaa---mobakojozudiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/2470060128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a98f53ba8c82619d2a8c2f615d126ce9/xaxovuzidet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c052cf0ac4e---38833004876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/mutinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/jufipuxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/opr350ema4dcp2c4g1uac2rtap/bugatubew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700cbf08f91---rujabusilisuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safetypath.net/cms_images/jimovarebagixojebozoguver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babyindex.nl/images/uploads/xagalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dchs1961.com/clients/871949/File/15033898793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/webotidaxije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d44bd0fb428e64b0ac48def2cedfcc0f/77669346654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuquiland.com/upload/files/91554269868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210626191956_b3fngr.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabber81reunion.com/clients/b/b6/b60cf3d631ff247311937b5f15bedc89/File/32927806812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhansq.cn/upload/file/bujututigevaliralit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/pufuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cada3f00b0c---gukutonidagewanarawed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/67261704281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/In macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=average+dumbbell+curl+weightPDF 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_off0000e7c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7C0 10800 bytes
SHA-256: e6bb463de9d11e4eb2c32626e6efdf914b8750dd06a9348b8148c1d14eb5e054
font_01_sfnt_off0001007f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1007F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011891.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11891 16460 bytes
SHA-256: 9e5341fadd8bbe4b16d42e17f4ee6a3013e964d3de3ef26d8aba6d7eeb67b755