Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55233f44e6487a94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-08-28 05:36:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 02c7e5b2a0d41187e836339ccd43c020 SHA-1: 870df1d4de6a9804ddf2130424733410fdca5338 SHA-256: 55233f44e6487a947e80fd867532afd9c430011fca1194d528509b2aee11e459
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND' indicates the presence of command-line tokens within the document text, which could be used to execute malicious commands.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://indecomavo.pl/inc/42840260984.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mlsy.cz/images/file/files/98516842627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/611d7989fba9873c1313b9f092f96a85/pexugedumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/42913335008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rinorokosanakakimos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/25414288524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/pawotaliwawusukerero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/puwenalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861c32d9c33---lazawitukog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d444758585---fogejana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/5727318709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdcmd.com/data/files/gojof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karat-dobremiasto.pl/userfiles/file/86478206087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n0b65gn3nb6e0ja9g0nphljof6/natuzexaguwisafejugusaku.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609183cce841f---41571125355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemcom.org/userfiles/file/lavapalefuzijalolavake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/90425756864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd656ea618c---97165408471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a70ead12ace---nunabemalajijuvuwabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a521c65537---56192429131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/bufodigofajajejivudetozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prospekt-rostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21760820035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontieregypt.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86533836448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/heekeqg7uipq1ksu3kmd9b9000/migakivibetijut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karat-dobremiasto.pl/useIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=7+inches+in+centimetresPDF 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_off0000c2f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2F6 10120 bytes
SHA-256: d8680eebd1cc97ed775d727320be50ee59b24b44fd0de210412317ee1f8e797e
font_01_sfnt_off0000d957.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD957 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f169.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF169 16284 bytes
SHA-256: ce0ca1e6c4ca4c7bcbb310463936924b5971ea4eaf96a575d1a81046913a3f61