Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 755620517af8ddf1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 22:37:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 069c5c984dabe3a3563ce27abdc82a44 SHA-1: fe310d05c4fa9b0eec1107ceab9ffed54f609e0d SHA-256: 755620517af8ddf195ff8228decdb855d90fe3066e26e6a80a57a12fe68be18b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to domains flagged as compromised or disposable, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06abdbfb0b9e1447375774de953c8ba3/56254740874.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/57681861589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neilreardon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/25772057879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunpix.ru/img/lib/file/nebigipavojof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613de1d7783b3---60346356693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/60868035138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-golfclub.com/ckupload/files/bikatuxikaporifoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narellesastro.com/userfiles/files/89271049904.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://sgo-bage.com/public/files/files/nosiwevibaze.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://bdprescription.com/ci/userfiles/files/bomute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snieznik.pl/userfiles/file/fivukudisakokizera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d40b86cf6b---46908914912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surveycook.com/upload/tmp/202109/file/sabakusowinetugikuxode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jwconsult2005.com/file_media/file_image/file/42090224261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltes.tw-goods.com/UserFiles/files/72775952351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantese.eu/userfiles/files/govapinemesoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imi.vc/upload/files/gexenogaminurixejakev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/pifexivemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytshirtcreator.com/app/webroot/files/file/deropuponuwukitomex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adtw1.elfjane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49794527433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robustbrakes.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/46852052870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pedraferro.com/files/files/77205915516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaghhaztbcd1agjgbccsgfftf.xn--p1ai/pict/file/85353101246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-golfclub.com/In macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=sister+location+game+freePDF 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_off0000eeff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEFF 10756 bytes
SHA-256: f14eddf5de23cf3391437b219f97e6ddb91296eedd34bf0564de794c5b6ed0d4
font_01_sfnt_off000107b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011fc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FC5 19376 bytes
SHA-256: 127d63a0f04f94d4c1d7c7a61d27a4f0007a8c52426926edae3b24142bfaf8ab