Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 595452241ad84076…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-07-15 16:26:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2f2c968bc32f420d4d19591db5c45fed SHA-1: e6d95530300d56a3be146ea984e581d996f47455 SHA-256: 595452241ad840761704849a542500500f06b2f67cbce641c198eef8499fbb28
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of 'cmd' tokens in the document text, alongside embedded URLs, points towards potential exploitation or redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kh3sqdgm0nhf2m19gb1tsajg17/memisezipo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mma-montessori.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sikilufududanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevenseahotel.com/uploads/images/files/77467876181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e61a0e5a067d313875a7f74c92bfa457/sedifatalaziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/nuluzujazolufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/82543398826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e513c947a8---vibezuxuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/45523488480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/278345cop174kham37fco1gare/wutovezaxalutuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/40571712035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5hkmr5s2vh2re3afbr9qmoj130/3820426798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9caa6adb7---tigoruzagijolisejenexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kijabejipafijukamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e5bbd282d0---vaninixarana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magicdiscoradio.hu/userfiles/file/96198000231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7899553ec5---vofogupude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tl5fa9jrmistcod482u09kcmd0/mepebudiginubulojosol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamslakeband.org/userfiles/file/46798329356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7fb14950b8d34061bcd4a711bba0550/bogiwezavu.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://kasaitogo.com/uploads/files/48601735729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/50738682522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/rabagex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liqaa-lb.com/files/userfiles/files/74645403795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamslakeband.org/userIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=mcat+past+papers+pdf+download+sindhPDF 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_off0000e429.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE429 16656 bytes
SHA-256: 4cd9347296ab22984c52b0f739e9de1346dd60c836ac98b997b30fdc9acf4be2
font_01_sfnt_off00010f5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F5C 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 934ad1b91619065e0e72f238246d54f80c830f972c8b77f407d5e045884031bb
font_02_sfnt_off00012842.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12842 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1