Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78a19001374ea471…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-10-08 13:20:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: b1c0b022d4660b6bf73fd3f946a5ab69 SHA-1: 1219f4ef6f3d00c3eeee3059f124dd2262f4cdd3 SHA-256: 78a19001374ea471f58ee8931dff0ab8edc3fddcf219a83e1daa7c67db472891
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on disposable or compromised domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute code within the user's browser or PDF reader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nys+dtf+ct+payment PDF link annotation
    • https://pinkrali.com/calisma2/files/uploads/23378082961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0851gay.org/userfiles/202109file/2021090515443470554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapalinakliyat.net/file/53229204211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8785c0b13c1be735cf25778ca4e07ca/71454983186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyandwowbook.com/upload/file/92459706056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e77755c429---9678381319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/5598846905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10432211000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajnnuhiddje.se/userfiles/file/selosonikexigovakiluwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/69342997645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66863529049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushifactoryazusa.com/uploads/files/vokuwizitagolexunexub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/radaruxumokafowokitos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preciseenergygroup.com/media/xivubuwevakoxikuxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/juvurivowovusogadakofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eagle-aviation.com/userfiles/files/83157484947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokebarslo.com/uploads/files/zifedaja.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a07be6ecb3adf8014db39d5a32a66d1/7223147512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139cc0e56942---sedobawafogix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtg-antracyt.pl/files/file/17787680327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cochleartudaskozpont.hu/files/56456325956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tomasjelinek.com/img/pub/file/pomuribuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roleco.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/nuruvebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000de7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE7C 18324 bytes
SHA-256: 8ee365bf033690a61d7ca4b29e9b8ec01dd0d784b7577c300b4b8ea46a579041
font_01_sfnt_off00010e62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E62 10516 bytes
SHA-256: ba7c6f012b7eeb30685009f663ee9bc0df9ce94dfb01ee889ee34c22c3ad940d
font_02_sfnt_off0001265c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1265C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1