Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bb8e4058d32a619…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:50:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1e8f4eb393e14a37061f20bca26fbab6 SHA-1: 3df2028e64a36404a5ec2af85f3a99c3285686f5 SHA-256: 7bb8e4058d32a6195d8cf8ee19407e76902fff9b594e226d5938a0583b25d102
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of 'LOLBin token sequence' and embedded URLs points towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=math+worksheets+for+6th+grade+integers PDF link annotation
    • https://pbchistoryonline.org/uploads/file/43003251304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4e8ec5b626b1d4bc891dffed3ba6b90/12613905046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/zorowotibiweje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/kaguzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d178bd22d---39443084657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/fefukukozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9oto1u31teiv3gkj2jcqqedbi8/vowomatusosuwimutirogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/zefetijafologipamupikeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodgluch-projekt.pl/userfiles/75558865271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samtekelektrik.com/files/jasegorituged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowanmkt.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53765506646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/si2f8ulqqahf1ghr5tv7r8iufe/monixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38477354869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vfetf33spda6rqo24veb5kkglj/wumitujogepuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalbau.hu/imagesfiles/14703927664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jorakaygame.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puborujurojunaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/39661817664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ebb914264---15968099623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608120389ce66---98890483322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/gofevulexonidalutupumuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb7mfcmd08vvcjlls6d92ofg81/lefelikalukiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fidelishospice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79082359113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c8081a1cf---jenuwexolosomobebosipuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kavtas.com/images_upload/files/wizasadolopupokisuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fidelishospIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • 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_off0000deb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEB5 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 55a9e0157ef6d2a2d70fb38f816e1b69e8529c6c532e5745771bd7078144b28e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7E7 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 9d568d1023f83133e64f0868feac0910fdbad903256818e0cba652b3a3bdf077
font_02_sfnt_off000125f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1