Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 592207a727f54e08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 06:19:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6309518df24cd842f413ec192967e732 SHA-1: 9f484806fcc56ea6d0496e40575bf93c1df52f8d SHA-256: 592207a727f54e08d2d6f78dd4c38649b2158dcb95d63b0816d93408e3d6a5e9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with many embedded URLs pointing to websites, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The presence of 'cmd1ghsf80ab0/rexafa.pdf' in the document text suggests potential exploitation or command execution, possibly related to a second-stage download. The document's structure and embedded links strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d387d6cd60d2406f759096d98764fcb/6778508611.pdf
    • http://ca1970.com/clients/10044/File/8543774647.pdf
    • http://muskogeeroughers1967.com/clients/9/98/9899c641331876fb313f08ec475a0443/File/puromusawezivogeriluwup.pdf
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45ki92lk6r03icmd1ghsf80ab0/rexafa.pdf
    • http://cuuhoatudong.com/upload/files/81979045265.pdf
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/11334500083.pdf
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aed4b12eca7---21231586060.pdf
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65e255cf549899c07451c74bcd19a893/gopiwenekukufe.pdf
    • http://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021060606423173499.pdf
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/31204713722.pdf
    • http://bukvoznaika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64060562700.pdf
    • https://goodluckfishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xefiwu.pdf
    • http://trips-in.com/ckupload/files/99464704546.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711e598da23---95520348264.pdf
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64eae0793f7610420197ec05fff4bb2b/80064517913.pdf
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/jomoxenobi.pdf
    • https://fong-cai.com/upload/files/93027736470.pdf
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1f9beddc30716c904d7ab248a1a1de6/3275313417.pdf
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b867gi350igqr29nargpq1qdgc/siduxazopi.pdf
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8be0be0c7fd37ca79249cbf4d7e2ebd3/33698809683.pdf
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b113ef89518---gegakuwofotozimazoxi.pdf
    • http://pamat.ro/UserFiles/file/gowujikefakepugamapoves.pdf
    • http://roughriders66.com/clients/f/fa/fa96273273f04fd2a06feef12b1e4d70/File/72969813080.pdf
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/73803825802.pdf
    • http://cuuhoatudong.com/upload/file
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ang+probinsyano+march+30+2021+full+episode
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ccad.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCAD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4bf.bin
6870c84b3f9f00e7aba06bebdb41d7a162c89a3a02e7a06a58fd5baa6d1b6f01
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4BF 16264 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010e86.bin
ec8ca38d25ac19a52ecb564ac99709264e188bdec854e417abb472347e63922e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E86 11768 bytes