Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c836e6fae9f6fc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 03:09:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 13f07ee8bd60422a1fd0461c75179020 SHA-1: 4300e6e9faa5aa048704fd01b0a303a1863c912a SHA-256: 7c836e6fae9f6fc42728eb8734bf0c76955dcd3a00b9b696dfaeec11e1fd86c2
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 compromised websites or are structured as link farms, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of 'cmd' tokens in the document text further supports the likelihood of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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
  • 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://carmelocuritiba.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nisukevabunexezuvogis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mpressivelabels.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kupobajikevawenikabilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipack.ru/content/file/setefanabukozozina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/wazixulowesapugusugeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/23174182336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/50702133308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sampoernastrategic.com/uploads/image/files/94878996502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138f2c43b34a---47036048438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/tulavejapalixuniwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.com/userfiles/file/tovoduwekaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemonova.com/FCKeditor/file/lewusunurovukekika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novelinternationalschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64670492727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29ichiqpg3osgc7tqmmcmdi04i/nujofekirivilewutizanuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dycmc.com/DATA/upload/files/202109080944511588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tageedesign.com/ssmpt/documents/file/88587085638.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://vanvoorst.info/uploaded/file/tixitevunamejetumumunow.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://yilbasipromosyonu.com/userfiles/file/43282875339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ebf18dfa20---tujonemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps-org.neurondevelopment.org/userfiles/files/zigopokeduwabodosixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masukpt2.com/contents/files/pakifagusimewejuwirat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/munajisemabupofekoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romangruszecki.com/uploaded/file/galogevukazewasomaxepavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolaviano.it/userfiles/files/45587821579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/wizomexigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rucr44hs51qdb906sl36v250s4/35427957301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dycmc.com/DATA/In macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=tft+mod+apkPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cc98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4AF 10072 bytes
SHA-256: a995793413edb57c8f49e2fd185ed616099f68e5adeb9f4414bdc5717470e2ed
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB1F 22036 bytes
SHA-256: 401bc42a7e9186a02ab18ff02b7476524b83a91a5e51891cf45ede23b07b0536
font_03_sfnt_off000131be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131BE 16636 bytes
SHA-256: be6e4ea102ca431120efeceb16a9c956360151e16a82b3662d2fad8289ad1326