Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e71f8b16a6da0bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-08-16 13:44:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: b0197aefd3aa3240ec67f502bae080b2 SHA-1: 790ee2b947f622c62ba8aa7fd5342b2eab74ac5d SHA-256: 7e71f8b16a6da0bd9b72bd02830f135243d5cb69b8986499b8dc5086075986ec
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'LOLBin token sequence' suggests an attempt to execute commands or exploit vulnerabilities, likely through embedded JavaScript, to download and execute further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a83774d5a5a---gibemo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pestresolution.pt/site/upload/file/tuwomewuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagostena.it/userfiles/files/79281318593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urduhadith.org/survey/userfiles/files/muvegojirewibixifijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/24122453751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823b83e8351---maxasajuverobor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebcad7a9deb0f3835f16b7683f452ec5/bezudadaworalosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3cc0d60e56d67eaa465fcbb2751939f/70334114340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/snkunmsv4mjocsehobpo91fns0/xatesemelodefutir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fivetc.net/uploads/files/46268870932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattamatkapatti.com/userfiles/file/feberogidupetil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/46044446318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdale66ersreunion.com/clients/c/c6/c679c52642bc64dd8629b98fb95ccc77/File/91909596226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/jajedudulepamewokiwel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salondebellezaanamariaromero.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/momedoriwoforapiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba206176a5f---56402201449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roofmed.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733ff0086fb---xonejananusuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/95914965407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusromeo.fr/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/84818403356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alaskacounseling.org/clients/8/87/870ae3779d21e956d596131c1dd113ff/File/30252125192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083826dcbc76---filusizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e142f166e---60044010174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oodow.cn/upload/file/210708021912653111tg7imx14wkg2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsclinic.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/77295711154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/joweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakeryIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=approximate+methods+of+higher+analysis+pdfPDF 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_off0000dec9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEC9 16968 bytes
SHA-256: 50610d59a2112a6153e60134d8686f56fd38c073aa32666e2396dfddb764a4ae
font_01_sfnt_off00010af5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001230c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1230C 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 855c01b1826ca5840038aced52f5c4edec9c54ef7a57bf4ea7d9d2e5be5953d6