Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b028ed1bc762e34c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-27 16:48:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d146b702f7d27011a0d2b44d3b9f015d SHA-1: 5892409d5afaa74941f068b2f5678b6c6c5204c6 SHA-256: b028ed1bc762e34c720755f9290f6761958d7ebc06f31b27ab2045f72e74f6e2
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload via the provided URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://quangcongluc.com/upload/files/2611224023.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/11026665988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/57247437911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d723101bfe9---84248235943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/2097121003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac418989b66---wasozimuxoginufefuxuwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/io5lclm425p9j3hf2n78biu181/xular.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e231d0452---widuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db9c48d5f6d---zetimalevebodezuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ab77c2d11---72070870285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/16005049299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63276631359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/24122453751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/kigedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5j5bboirf6f56olsitvmfu4n7/9491288910.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/129b36c48d0e80e39d1d510f100af6c9/koxakevovadasedinejugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/butejugemawuregemul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m3itbn630j397grft17dnc6jh0/suruvamugebakamaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davnosti.ru/upload/69579865391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/pokiwasunuwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8d1f8e2150---99344285091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607125efd5d9f---powowemakivod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hzkontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuzutozuromuwoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=massa+molar+do+nh3PDF 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_off0000e855.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE855 20880 bytes
SHA-256: 5db9cbeb32dbf9a0ce167d5df9d47814cb5aac2eefa45a765d480e978849cb1e
font_01_sfnt_off00011c27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001343e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1343E 10356 bytes
SHA-256: 0cc0a05467848945f4d8693f105b06556c62363fbfa4c0c3d8e626d63dcf552f