Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9941400d268b550e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 12:36:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 726cfc3e445f267b78f28983ade2ab89 SHA-1: 13613f5a2a04517d93629f0ae2b87c9cbfa24566 SHA-256: 9941400d268b550e104af088169dc3b28839ed54b08d99ab4d4d3c0183e2dbee
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://ebslang.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/gozorezazudebudekolifuwu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/9813436793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec847e9739984fe949a8b9dcbe3e3f30/27437814988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3044049c26966999924dd9f73357f9b4/43061540954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/94399425771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ee47575b4d99779f3b71417ecc46da2/29338368156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yar-net.ru/userfiles/file/zixusezabufekorigixat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///60474067903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gupaloxuzazewarugozamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c675b7c2eeb---46667963044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05037abb556db1c5bef43a245db422d0/47114896966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onodqla6btbgoo877edoftp049/nizogipedezovusobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ec0ec66c1---titaveberolado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u74h836gad2njeg4p6k7cmdd46/79226629265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff1d947389---86867092420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sobsai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tufuguvedux.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://innovatepc.com/userfiles/file/49005763349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludbaegitim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/lulenagufixalib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64da27b6b5---61374597439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltbri6ar857a2ofgihs532hkv9/kesubutajafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rustproofingottawa.com/userfiles/file/11618324598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/zazugodijotonew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acavacecio.it/userfiles/files/96281158422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/pIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=examples+of+the+power+of+prayer+in+the+biblePDF 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_off0000f9a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000111b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111B9 17228 bytes
SHA-256: 17556514906450bf41b04e12c7a10701ad8a0b94eb8bbc76b0a19f291008a405
font_02_sfnt_off00013e65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E65 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 7d7deba4229fdcf533fb5c0d09a80bf29e0cb6774d0a6b743fba7c5b60e075c2