Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 945113a7d35d8955…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:49:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: ef05a9c139047f0f7ed684d89e2ec213 SHA-1: ce8e2cadd4b8b7ccc690fd901916f1640d739de2 SHA-256: 945113a7d35d8955a7fba75b68bf02f385ba82c5bf16fd7ec174059256afe4e2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a LOLBin command-execution lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc1f50c2903723750acc87a68a8fe607/nuteboraji.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eurekaloggers1970.com/clients/a/a4/a4917853023b9a70bc4506ca58f09c65/File/puxufoxufawarasaxugokipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/30879641083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7c05562cdd---mebibobasatijifakinikes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tgm2h086uqecpnp5stihtjuskh/dokalexonimeteduriruped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1se5an4026vvtj322513acscm5/32841593687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebrates.com/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/63628768213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transbur.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/funefajovapubirosapal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arebiatours.com/uploads/files/tutenebodob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dezmaster.com/userfiles/file/votigij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lazerom.pro/media/file/pinemuzuvegogenavos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfd4ad8e78---papazetozixugakiwowix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/46592655259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferest.ro/imagini_ws/jawoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manilag.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210823_A9322FDABA86EEAA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hockjoohin.com/admin/uploads/file/kivuvonozezifuvadivera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evansmedia.ca/userfiles/file/buzivabaxonasirof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htk2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fokum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e2e187e979---wamoganixomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8224f27f7501f3dfe83c2f81013a3198/54909512057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079be60bf343---jovefasafiravuxofasumufaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spalovnachemolak.sk/userfiles/file/65343122121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.net/userfiles/file/89935174964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaidaIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=force+eject+imacPDF 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_off0000e55c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE55C 18112 bytes
SHA-256: d08313525dfdd0ce67bd5567bfef422dc941fc1e4c7bf7982b7e289d9711f86f
font_01_sfnt_off00011416.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11416 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C2D 10180 bytes
SHA-256: 5c594f62e66557663c18c7ea83201581051b637d9c3c504f4165da9131289c8d