Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87a5d061ab3833e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 17:47:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1fba64a6f727bf8d9e4445762a9a2d75 SHA-1: 0c5028d679e5ed1a217eeba674a9c03b49293699 SHA-256: 87a5d061ab3833e482e4f52344b79ea2315f6fad4c52ad1e8fe154716f883525
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND' indicates the presence of command-line tokens within the document text, which, combined with the ML classification and ClamAV detection, strongly suggests malicious intent. The primary function appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious, websites.

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solitaire+apk+mod PDF link annotation
    • https://bda.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/letetegexugizazor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anne-berger.de/sites/anne-berger.de/files/fkcfile/gamobin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adurucui.com/ckfinder/files/65371231835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdcmd.com/data/files/50497527070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/14843101360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontogepszerviz.hu/editor_up/12840115310.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613592e4226a8---35417002080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5519sna3b4d0k04vkhqbbife1/mikasolabodozujavifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emcp-pmce.ca/_includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tadororufejuboso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7d72c25a9---zibivevap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackivy.pl/userfiles/file/64228186880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuvuongcorp.com/luutru/files/sekigobivole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/gotikefagubixebetuwevali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613250dc6da99---50927367405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weborder.cloud/userfiles/file///48546499910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergytaekwondo.com/click2buy_newp/userfiles/file/51865325727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariomauracotti.it/userfiles/files/busagofiwazijenija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161427e837478a---41782153638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135427b1bd4a---61024268842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlsxjy.com/right/UploadFile/file///2021091618013073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copacndg.com/images/uploads/files/pusetaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://threadworx.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/69167754697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dworbieland.pl/userfiles/file/16650301006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czminghe.com/upload/files/juxidogura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkykinhdoanhkieIn 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_off0000e110.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE110 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 0b18cac2e2d26062c38bdcfceb57936c4bbf8d9ea95d2830d1a9bca9df291ea0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C3 19820 bytes
SHA-256: 2ffde4ca1346cc9b57e604e47d12279994a1ca2f5303517e263c6434422ed4bd
font_02_sfnt_off00012c29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1