Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f95873e130e3d3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 21:01:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d984feb90bccc853c07b257d26dd3fb4 SHA-1: bb79c0242c2cbb1ad2028c86182be620b0f424a5 SHA-256: 7f95873e130e3d3d4fbb15b0c0c8f632ab422ea3f28823b668aebeab08e1a05e
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm for distributing malicious files. The presence of 'cmd.com/data/files/' in the document text and the ML classifier's high confidence score further indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140c700c1392---xelibofajugeliwoxukam.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://marmaraisg.com/images_upload/files/88345082806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapmaymn.samdigroup.vn/app/webroot/upload/files/59885151533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents/files/nirokezidusarikawabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aristosaigonhotel.vn/uploads/files/bototonuxobotovuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/62182283465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lazdynumokykla.lt/userfiles/file/rumovomibenubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lombardpruszkow.pl/local/userfiles/file/pinelizadatopedow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cherrychile.cl/cherry/uploads/contenido/files/firelorovuginumediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiopros.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • https://ofertaromania.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/medatugizilewifak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itexpertdog.com/upload/files/97207273544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bohemiamaestro.com/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95272233869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misosmile.com/upload/editor/files/52211481579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndt-tl.ru/upload/file/53189619479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vibowegeraser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/divarotudejarakar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161417baf86ea8---duwigagofozaromaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kk-gorenjska.si/uporabnik/file/92636063208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiuxingchaoshi.com/uploads/file/07032652647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b05ee7aeac---sopamemejivubepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://missteenqueenuk.com/userfiles/file/96580181936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdcmd.com/data/files/74163383940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61811719346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=download+internet+download+manager+crack+2020PDF 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_off0000ecdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104F6 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 8d0a7384af22201941bb3ef54639b12d15ef8d81f417a41de55102ace23846a0
font_02_sfnt_off00011e42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E42 17592 bytes
SHA-256: 26b2a19eed947bb77f4b08c899325ae9662ad387e246dfc4a7b266e5e2b16f32