Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c8c3128e48a66c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 19:33:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0ffe54ce860f483c04b50d41c876b3ac SHA-1: 7b0f1ec39f020cfb6826ff2f7ca77dadb97833ff SHA-256: 7c8c3128e48a66c595f039828bed2f927005516d8e660713f13c4257a455a254
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ih-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51706076703.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chiesamadremarsala.eu/userfiles/files/kogaribisigodogukapotop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonebreaker.at/25647145656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esperanzadeavila.com/fotos/file/wolominuvis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eluvial.com/sites/all/sites/eluvial.com/files/semodozufejejej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostinica-domodedovo.ru/files/pakopetadoniwobozixapap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmclimatizacionhvac.cl/images/subidas/file/55292950380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d41b5286ac---vusorukasuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/sonidirukoweluborizetorop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/puwulufikofexoxenen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotte-ppta.net/beta/assets/file/21957574209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdesign.de/userContent/files/20210904015007-volexilulobu.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://fo-prefectures.com/pages/files/jusimizufuxabobaxuneve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizergranulatorprice.com/d/files/72644784789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1bet.net/contents/files/tofevomonivinibopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.fortunekenya.com/callmark/files/bifogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8g257lia03r4jd5ahi06s5bedq/1295683546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eot.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/16297979988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urs-certification.com/gais/image/file/leziwafulikira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80510119458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulsantour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_D8987B22DB30C14E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highrise.pl/file/10518618505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szintai.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17433814935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b85ba7f5f99883cdde7ae1fbdf0060b9/23101552990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inwestorfinanse.pl/userfiles/file/25310589171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alburigiott.it/userfiles/files/62632442471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=where+can+i+watch+mugen+train+for+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_off0001128e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1128E 19620 bytes
SHA-256: fcd589e7b2a7ea20e8df3290b583bed002672ae5fb6a238ba9e51de4362de09b
font_01_sfnt_off000145f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145F6 10748 bytes
SHA-256: a884fc738a01693470e743a018c752e29d8827899f82079b612d3b80abb4c31f
font_02_sfnt_off00015e96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1