Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f17f4b7d99e9b16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:56:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 523934d96280e4eadf196c35f38f59cc SHA-1: faf80b263295c9e656f10381653f13fae11648c6 SHA-256: 8f17f4b7d99e9b166c372e119046086a2a5a69174d2727534c2640a237471c1e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of a 'LOLBin run command' heuristic firing indicates potential execution of commands within the document context.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e06f1df989---29362143344.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072de136ea2c---fifomivimufusoxepobiravig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bdb8ac893e53b5d4e4b99fd8c02fe80/roxizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/98838809668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f95966578---tabovuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babywagen24.de/userfiles/file/81217908132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gj8335hk0hqgtpj0p5vs90s1l/bavufovezavemoniripelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportschoolindex.nl/images/uploads/63206139992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a019a95947f---5263933561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globaldreamindia.com/webcms/file/86656709707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffdcacdddea---jirevorifudegamuvafosug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/pilapita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b81de188f72ba3805dca14a2f9963b65/jenujosegilorek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6afac8e27f---5473708651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/buxenanelifosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89g0fla3k4k27mf9lco4le72b6/tufibetifitaseredar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efd783f7fc278ce3171e9a02e29523b3/sazaxidik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.hk/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210831_C8F77D2D0114C160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundheit-im-blog.de/userfiles/file/8082195082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a128f61aae---pakibopidazujuxulukirifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c44505ebfc3---fubokexadekofivul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gvla4k6v9jd07g6jc5787co3s2/13024705021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=live+example+of+polymorphismPDF 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_off0000e5ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5EE 18116 bytes
SHA-256: e0c176ff3552bbb7515b9d56d4decb0a15ddec72b7e654e0e1c1f3a4fdc9591b
font_01_sfnt_off000114be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114BE 10660 bytes
SHA-256: d12b847270800f24bfbf0a65db5ec325cbdac00227c59db4c845cf6bad19d2b8
font_02_sfnt_off00012d2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1