Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6249badc49545d6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:36:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: fb4fc159cd995d4a2880d8b2a57f04bf SHA-1: 801d1eb62f932f268d196fa60823f24ad59b36db SHA-256: 6249badc49545d6d81575af499f17d97d7f845adfc5b7c89fd5b088ac0fa12d5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, as indicated by the 'SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE' heuristic. This heuristic suggests the document instructs users to copy and paste content into a command-line interface, a common technique for executing malicious commands. The presence of numerous URLs hosted on compromised websites further supports the malicious intent, likely serving as download locations for secondary payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094857da043e---51628129498.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t30siici5ens7aclodd37h8cr4/jisok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/kugoseza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/187ef2d851169ea7773a38d0f8333c69/kazikugupinipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b270c9635---87696938215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9987b5855---zirebolulanuburin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autowagon.it/userfiles/files/99737664618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d529ca70956bb90871b68c76e1817d4d/31030780300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerbreadvillage.org/clients/e/e3/e396b250b60561adcb946853f9f62e29/File/19127694147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cd064e2525---nizibeveniru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/525ijccppfpu3lqsqj0a2bc3b4/52250913490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f98516f461---zatuxidir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/kamip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089011577f6c---47385959995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e61e09f4a6---wunoxowib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rv4q1aur67kl16rdh0msfdr4ra/77682114475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vonasametuzanitanejizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/powinatafajafipox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feriaalainversa.com/uploaded/files/26844339027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731ebdb33f8---zibopirokatevedepujazez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a39b7a82942337a071a1b680a3ba61ee/8481623825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5ea89a98a76c039e64865da8dcedad5/jetoliruzizano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/rarepaxajes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vishwkarmaenterprises.com/webroot/img/userfiles/files/meron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfa5b1112a5e45757ab6b99d85108f6e/nisokowonana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=squint+treatment+in+ayurvedaPDF 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_off0001083f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1083F 17172 bytes
SHA-256: b4df4914d6142cf51e5039056ea877758d38aed03013600c4969b745a897ea64
font_01_sfnt_off0001347c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1347C 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 6adae49f94c2eb462bf3e7e00c4b091634e1dd1d7dc441f29125d00b282bb138
font_02_sfnt_off00014c79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1