Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5eaf36433659842a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-08-28 08:50:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: b8fd2e1da9f6f11e79f3ec96d93dd654 SHA-1: e57f2878c09f81b2b1dccf4002ff8b9e5179d70c SHA-256: 5eaf36433659842ae2373f5c281478ed7493a3010ba303a20d48ac681afa07a8
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. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload storage locations and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of 'LOLBin token sequence in document text' indicates potential execution of commands, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://berries85.com/clients/4/4c/4c86f126b1006e50d570d35f0f20b0f3/File/tagegunoriwufumogir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c336caa4e6cd5fd0e808a129cebe36a0/67106778848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/24122453751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przyrodnik-kujawy.eu/userfiles/file/gedipotewupevofojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/94978462940.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://martonaroniskola.net/userfiles/file/85798464020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f6fce5ae21c452bf1ff078e680caca8/78999002717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5ff521c94---wixir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210508155454_1375229412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841646183c4---nularu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c47f230d4---84679057070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee082b875d2b240fb14e95ed776193da/72437765243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szguilong.com/userfiles/files/totukatezukilijubodagudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6fb93db118---vosinumipemuboluzolumed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/kurixozobuwasubeberisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/niripanigikimukunegivatog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edinburghpools.com/contents//files/muzejunezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38ca74efe101e03eb258ce39c421044c/mowejawevonima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.com/userfiles/file/20210822101457_380130497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801094635b8---vuwinukosefojudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984ecf08aee---76406300852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodphotoshop.com/userfiles/files/pogawugepizadam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przyrodnik-kujawIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=business+studies+class+12+notes+cbse+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000baf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAF7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d30e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD30E 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 2554e0813d5677e10a673e4c16cb9ecbec309f1b7a6683dba24dfc73cc220ca4
font_02_sfnt_off0000eceb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECEB 15952 bytes
SHA-256: 36d84bfc7fa370803231ba10dbe12ffe0af28b41b398b174d2c51c8cdb326be4