Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a13e949b8ba795c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.9 KB Created: 2021-07-06 07:54:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c1028c3c6c857652fd94c30af5f71d3a SHA-1: 99356d95d5573674059deb73c7c96519f61d6c6d SHA-256: 9a13e949b8ba795c68727f4e91d62335e481dabe182e689ccd760e6c5d258afc
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. Numerous embedded links point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'LOLBin run command' heuristic further indicates potential execution of malicious commands.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9882

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://domainecomps.com/documents/files/57778456773.pdf
    • http://cngwalk.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/4443969804.pdf
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9h1ef1qhidkcmd44hjegmanveb/80040456414.pdf
    • http://daiwavn.com/uploads/image/files/lasukomariluvefesel.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840ebc06fde---78537614728.pdf
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad98f918571be15ed5b4816bf616dc6c/30975484953.pdf
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c949a2ee14c---jizigodiwifafoxare.pdf
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/99804956183.pdf
    • https://doktor-ara.com/userfiles/files/12601985686.pdf
    • http://strefa-fitness.pl//fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/phpplikifile/tasawavujiwuzu.pdf
    • http://shsclassof1959.com/clients/a/a7/a7a82b2a6025f7fafce5d77be70bf845/File/14966095769.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8286f231ff986a1a551bcb1b67107674/joziv.pdf
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/sixipemawizevuwepi.pdf
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d28d285aba9ff70820db4b9c15c9813/45852291708.pdf
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/65980964666.pdf
    • http://shmgec.com/Uploadfiles/files/95087963945.pdf
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/72213167599.pdf
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/97978163605.pdf
    • https://pfollowers.com/ci/userfiles/files/5380978396.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/636pdrd8vuv5cht44vav4uqec1/34794823426.pdf
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5c7bd2efc---36609336111.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f4873c490---93556298712.pdf
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/gudakovejizorujujog.pdf
    • http://daiwavn.com/uploads/i
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=top+10+best+singers+of+all+time
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00013c8f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C8F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000154a1.bin
338b193e073a28b6b1c70845a66415dc91a027363bf3a2a1a738259338832a76
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154A1 18256 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00018379.bin
7cf5e381cd3e347f7ebbe440b63fcfb248ab18f789b7055ec012db775b253341
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18379 2640 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00018edb.bin
9fbd0f30a48aae373885d80e47779f92c82d6ac6f332b9265ec1419cdcb4eb80
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18EDB 10976 bytes