Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab1fa101024efc31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-23 11:17:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: bd84da31bcd8f009ba92ef15d482601c SHA-1: c071497ebde5232debaf149fff3a10059ea6f5fc SHA-256: ab1fa101024efc3172fab5d440881c71f50be9b9c5f28602ab5a774cc3dd0e87
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

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 pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or SEO poisoning campaign. The presence of 'LOLBin token sequence in document text' further supports the execution of commands or scripts to facilitate malicious activities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b87b935e55---mijemevajunovawojodurir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xedaptheduc.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/48720801268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profitoolinfo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mibulufuvilomenusuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc2e7e4102490bf573ad6213c811a95d/77739434007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796f6f7cbd4---bogavoneretesosizib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba89f5306e9---36704382990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gkgegs4rav5qnl62e7blv6pt3v/97904705384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081629f9b075---zomunozamifire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1a9f282a13---45380228312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindentudor.hu/userfiles/file/sebokekazokividanedekafuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8d29a04aac---samovituvug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/lutawuxalewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/vitinofusezukakes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69idioj58uvb2d39qeb5amdssl/14478215630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orhs89reunion.com/clients/77823/File/bagek.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://joebalogh.ro/imagini_ws/nokinilizakiwagibije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c65aa032695---debojavubelopekodowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202106131125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marta-galan.com/files/varios/file/39448670158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsradviseurs.nl/mailing/images/photo/file/venokedaxerodukuwirure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83ggt0h7opkt4dl9cj29bos0q2/feboseposuxajevenefuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conberraquera.com/aym_image/files/95469720819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=domestic+flight+meaningPDF 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_off00010483.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10483 10684 bytes
SHA-256: b1c122e07680b55380a479d4dbcc265db511700951ed565600650fa2fbc27062
font_01_sfnt_off00011cd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD7 16168 bytes
SHA-256: 4f48739da9247471ef9e638b83a882158db46762ec346eef46094b9018f485f1
font_02_sfnt_off00014655.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14655 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1