Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a226b3e855ea74a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:30:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d1dc6e162367d7e7cfaa2a02c37ed064 SHA-1: eff9747219a10e3c3ddd2cc24e07a41ecc5e0702 SHA-256: a226b3e855ea74a8e552657e9a50551e2c391830c3f3105ac0acbc98b064103a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF 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 pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of 'cmd0km5/33389229254.pdf' in the document text, alongside URLs pointing to WordPress plugin vulnerabilities, indicates an attempt to exploit these to deliver malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608421480673c---semitide.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gptools.net/userfiles/file/142518029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mahae.hu/files/files/milida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73ghehj1qij7je5f0cl7860rd3/47650431735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8fdde409d1---30062409069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/95819037954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pushgroup.lv/userfiles/files/divenujowigalax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac7f403621---18110133815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dv72ve8nkm0ptosucuccmd0km5/33389229254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/67969674426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c28150fc62f4b779b2f6604c501d574a/40550462372.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc1146b6fe---gixuginomawabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9b88a8e2b---darufabanarilafawedeloli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/vakugenuborovixunukokitak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverthesky.it/file/79960281071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.sk/upload/93959829472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f332d165dc---dibedox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65b969ddc0---56785157562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612de0e73c5fc---94970566309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buildingexpertsdirectory.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ligerovonizunerowikofozof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8e7dbf9b370368dec5110e36b3e02bf/63785309740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37292720455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/61690083005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntct-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30016932223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_picturIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=manual+compex+sport+elite+espa%C3%B1olPDF 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_off0000ce55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE55 18808 bytes
SHA-256: 22c7d6076df63d44689ac913705c811e47bcb1bb40ca2876265ce9d87c18dde4
font_01_sfnt_off0000feaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEAF 10936 bytes
SHA-256: d0fd2bd5c9d3e345ec6aac234793d7bb971dd62008ff1ee04952b8b4ed1fc7ff
font_02_sfnt_off000117c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1