Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 558cc2a04df41c8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:32:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a3a5b449a6ae605da90b6ddb32b52bbb SHA-1: 23ffbe783504fb4e91ed5d384735e810cd66905a SHA-256: 558cc2a04df41c8f7b80ae26ba3cc39eb7381dc4bc55aaedd1be909c0631c639
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of 'SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND' and 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' heuristics, along with ClamAV detection, strongly suggests malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the overall structure and URL analysis point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://phunhai.net/upload/files/nitujeturox.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/474d9d7c439d9ff9d0368b4853afea5b/37684425306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichihr.com/uploads/news_file/32122269712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electric-kernbichler.at/53685610294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argyleliquidations.com/userfiles/files/niwokajuvijetubusapume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1cmda04g69aldlaqm18clsine/witux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fea80d4c3d---53115293916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photo-preiss.com/upload_files/files/61200066444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607915fd6b946---lovexoboxaboze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/68243641507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/77718137099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/llf6r269d9map1fj4fdau2jsn9/jebugasafalugow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce2f1fde3a9---52557714567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d769755d16a---56158587869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/po2qnqr3bss8htj5tuch2dqq01/34194204174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikllc.mn/uploads/files/wuwiwaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andhimazhai.com/images/files/bigow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saddabro.com/userfiles/file/jaxojubomanifarizofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab149733533---nepev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/kekafatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poganyvolgyi.hu/userfiles/file/jarig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonikqnc.com/upload/editor/file/1624383073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valenciamaids.com/userfiles/files/dapiwadagazojol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsaman.com/files/48394009694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/wifijewefovadinivabewego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/zowozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternaIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=system+analysis+and+designPDF 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_off0000f32c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF32C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B3E 17304 bytes
SHA-256: 2820f44d0d5574c54cf0c821390bfd3fc88e6b72d27ce7673b503f2067658085
font_02_sfnt_off0001383c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1383C 10560 bytes
SHA-256: d0f3de2f408682ddd6049b078478c78747fb3cb958d782dc8826eef0153b4d24