Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a056c72978f899b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:51:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 644f1b49fa9adbef5a3cb4143f4c4dad SHA-1: c78d95b36c2ba67e804a5e47954b7b2a12c4ba1f SHA-256: a056c72978f899b143220d6145d369b13b5dc5dc99806ee731f092d476898584
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The presence of a 'LOLBin token sequence' in the document text further supports the idea that the file is designed to execute commands or redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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 https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0531b828259e372c96186af26c69006d/zuzekogetefivoboruz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ec574d624---fubunaloxuwapov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad835354d4a---zuruxojididofefibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaldaya.com/imagenes/file/42163681415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lymfologi.se/anvandarbilder/221/files/wolevujomadizogajivov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/bopaludapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guilfordvikingsclassof81.com/clients/4/47/479b0a304b4cdce99dfe3eda73a59016/File/sazowebiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhnguyenvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/xidadoxorefinogizak.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://aan.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tozugadujunevedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gretajensen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lomubirumogog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/pebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc600cbb5a707eb534c1feb3fc33e65e/derubovilupexib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mifo36qg86uofq9k77jrlvs2h6/votiruziremurarosejetozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8e48ab639ebf1a1885bfb659a86eb82/33565438471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datajournonepal.org/files/xujopav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612acf4154289---25040434062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/60037213264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094748b4d0ee---73852478860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105fc3fd6f41---madugilakigisavuzebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728e1cadb96---19383281532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8218be2d81b0e672d80926bae07702c/kelubova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guilfordvikingsclIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=sigmund+freud+esquema+del+psicoanalisis+pdfPDF 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_off0000b231.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB231 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 2e6034e7851d8e74a6287eddfc6d0d98d66b0ba2608b9ec6f39d6f090cbc492d
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3D7 15000 bytes
SHA-256: 9669694b6790ddc4813528b69bbd343b346d54a4c63fe14cd446760e338d15bf