Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e0ff4b5d1672d84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:22:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1dd4d1a05a29c3248928a988272c104d SHA-1: 3cd3e6ccd48370494d0f4d9f2049f2c60720dbca SHA-256: 8e0ff4b5d1672d843d5f61f30c6ca9744f114812a1bd74b2d5dcfe1204bd108b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for malicious redirection. The heuristic 'SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND' suggests potential execution of commands, possibly via embedded scripts or exploits, although no specific script content was extracted. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-3/20210703080529853975.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://qdcmd.com/data/files/53557578128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d9c60de8a---xoxeroxozemukijova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/18522760593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.golfusa.be/userfiles/files/97903170201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/pexaresugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/vifusoxuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6e184d2e4---vutugakatobopupijunerajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b66ecb5afae---27101421641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralahappyjourney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25146820223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzafjc.com/uploadfile/files/76640560973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082896b7722e---bigeganisojulipatanirofos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balbu.hu/uploads/news/file/89615850873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5b855ff14---45754603142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2871d40fe1---jodibog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltechma.com/zdjecia/fck/file/titimuzuferitiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/riwusuvanawexuluzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b457ed1591---17022206375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e921867e1b93b52ea142c7175adbfee/60744575466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1059dc018f---10174104857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bephoangdung.vn/uploads/ckfinder/files/4659645113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf74a0fa19---bokumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ec537760c4f33db0fa593fa6079c62a/repifigirufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/46668949202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=bottlenose+dolphin+factsPDF 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_off0000d848.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD848 22440 bytes
SHA-256: b2cd9afbe6224ddc6354b074ea0a152d7ae33a5ac1b316f75c7807f99399b7ec
font_01_sfnt_off00010ebc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EBC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D3 10672 bytes
SHA-256: e59d2ee99f5235beaa3783f8d015c437afc7427e68063cc524fc2910d178e02e