Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e9405c3779ab3dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:36:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 34b2dc864475d73efab94d11882dd0a1 SHA-1: bdefdcae2bdf1a59b4b81f48b600a7a08781a481 SHA-256: 5e9405c3779ab3dd713ba8ac61c8c3c1ba62529d07c7c7c700e3520a7613e5b4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This 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, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely to distribute phishing content or malware. The heuristic 'SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND' suggests potential execution of commands, further increasing the risk.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a592f085ef01172a16d034f1c8ad8dec/37820854677.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hanshintech.net/data/file/84293361378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/41261698615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/wilipiweluja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ce54b6af5---95158000094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719879069aa---paxofuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e31506818fa24ba65bb7907da46ff90/nesavomumofilipepotexik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/4569029036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fde4e24ae5---60766811597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/741f9ac46379703273fd9727a10c8194/2332627393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d22f0c5ae6---68497168231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelmitrutarija.com/uploaded/files/71513820659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/24122453751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.com/imagenes/file/71086801225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/vowozesesibixor.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f12df81ab3ff20fee3194e4d8db1414e/muridusudonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087906f8ee85---82467422893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wulf-sanitaer.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l9g1i7u4ndb5mge0i7kk29p7e5/wirox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/matikepifofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608506b4c491a---tirir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdb5bcac8f822cc986f1e74de1da99cb/nanivekubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.eu/uploads/ck_editor/files/58071768325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/64599683876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/81705894330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=libros+de+eduardo+garcia+maynez+pdfPDF 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_off0000c16a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC16A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d981.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD981 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 132569bb67e10851f65619564b8bd78734759da2ab5361d69f71ea8f35b07679
font_02_sfnt_off0000f34d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF34D 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 5e49c2b71e5a7d8dc646d404c77b55ff1106b4d9fb92695d61f97746d82a270e