Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0b45967b0abc089…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:02:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 03da15b54efc88fefe63edb2551f1b7c SHA-1: f50de444fde7790d9800631d22a221d4f38a2fb3 SHA-256: a0b45967b0abc089cc1a58346f556f7fcb92f5dec368afab8dbf3baa8e8a5e31
204 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. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The presence of 'cmd0isidq9t8ukbrf4/vurusutakofofomug.pdf' in the document text suggests an attempt to disguise or obfuscate a command or path, possibly related to execution or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://lamgi.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuvobonurawupoduxoji.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/65903264489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607738165a501---10109717557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/52115853373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dec7aafd72---28603309566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/91732157985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bmgrpr7j7286khnivuqg0hlipo/wimeruxekibizujebene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agmatbaa.com/upload/files/1165535812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donauwell.at/userfiles/file/95513034913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc1be96d23---89415866169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzaidele.com/images/upload/File/gavigufiwevuvekudizevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a49c18355a5fe8f6cef6be92aad8bc1/67645349429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondaototanan.com/upload/files/56010322718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3074b6fed8ebe15089e2f7c3e599eb0/10092597394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auburn-companies.com/userfiles/files/kotogapijepegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/210620012551433227g35omy.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rftgdleocmd0isidq9t8ukbrf4/vurusutakofofomug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7be52e47915e15a7057c094f27d3c52d/denerirevexurufeviteve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://standsimulator.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/womokifekurudutevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/81040466096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///34875124335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/wexabajevawuxinosukemebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonamedicalcenter.com/files/galeria/files/simoxoduzimowaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=2020+holidays+philippines+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_off0000f03e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03E 18112 bytes
SHA-256: 3652bb35bc5c022e1ad4514257db2d6880144c535df0980e5269224e3d56e40d
font_01_sfnt_off00011f16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001372d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1372D 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 62b25adf5f2c693b578a5b7d942ed8a0e30860d30d816a12ab2c9bfc2483901e