Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6eda3d2a30cb5655…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:31:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 68c1b934cf1590f49692f29e0596ec38 SHA-1: ae20c77c5163bb9144360f1b2cfd013a38798ea4 SHA-256: 6eda3d2a30cb565573711198393d57d3c9b5c14de9584a73890cea8c367aa4ec
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Several heuristics point to the PDF being a link farm, directing users to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of 'cmd' in a URL path, combined with the PDF structure, suggests an attempt to execute commands or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202107/file/1625353509.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://coastalholidayproperty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kilike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0v9pt3rnmcmd3di46vedddige/39305771924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speednewslive24.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/rikesabemutak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q554jp3h3s3teinpmg4vh38ul2/48908217653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kashima.cc/userfiles/file/ligibazav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///52759979842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddff5fbe717---xegujuledipisaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb2ccc0dc9bf306f8e6623624c6c6669/zogidugafobakamima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbularicilikfestivali.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zibikipuxanarowelavika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210826200155_2acd0c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents//files/42151090338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rts-wm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tunojitatorarobejanasit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emaaravm.net/upload/files/55115093442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-boussard-chablis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68689714194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changjiujz.com/uploads/files/202108151026328702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d978fe6927---86076269875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupekineconcept.com/userfiles/file/vizasulutowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/027b044932810ac2181cf98aaabf5dc3/nuguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081035a866ef---ganotulegig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://venefoil.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ximixiwomabepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robedecreateur.com/img/files/5964282790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sacc-la-chaux-de-fonds.ch/fichiers/file/21604652336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/69801585478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speednewslive24.com/In macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=transitive+and+intransitive+verbs+worksheet+grade+7PDF 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_off0000d47c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD47C 17896 bytes
SHA-256: ff178ffc9a2ffa3261a16605d2698adc94613fef561509bb8d3a493f14316865
font_01_sfnt_off00010337.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10337 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 2d8e37eae8119e5a524da5f44352b26617493775b3b4cdf2ee9774c941274e27
font_02_sfnt_off00011c3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1