Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b04f5adbe9de8a83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 14:50:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c58cae02cd6c904f2cdeed0a333afb3d SHA-1: 555fe497b78a7fede5db74f063f92f330224eb28 SHA-256: b04f5adbe9de8a833d0b7822558e7e42db963f7ceed3db8d64194c53b4ab2cd1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malicious link farm, as indicated by multiple heuristics flagging it for compromised CMS uploads and link farming on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards the document's primary function being to redirect users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://ispartaprefabrik.com/ckfinder/upload/files/98118424762.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thy-environment.com/userfiles/files/daxuwosewumitufet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fedodaxewaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52087c46a57bc80bf1f7e39e4c5bdd8b/21873308172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202109152144169589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/toranabumine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bengalroys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tazabefakujegesufagelawex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitnet.hu/editor_up/75315925819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabsangram.com/userfiles/file/4053848489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariomariani.it/userfiles/files/1045715219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/jevukonubibizosegus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nattukoottam.com/userfiles/file/jezuzogixejipujus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saikunghouse.hk/userfiles/86875661925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruta.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32170803397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161434b356443c---magelojipegasuboxoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/moruzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/75324122676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawa757.com/uploads/files/53367685046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/sejazixogarajevopezujat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbcduiaudl8jdgre56a42pno0k/kagavijef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittymall.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/17352966112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiantms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24414914801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144f8197a022---jixomukelavamilaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phr4u.com/files/xuziwozopirubenisitetez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://horvathortho.hu/tmp/99855716632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161439b7f9a3ff---vitulijusujapagugex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=android+set+font+style+programmaticallyPDF 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_off0000c479.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC479 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 04081933af51b8fe6634031e8f8fe9617abce74b599b408d76058cc2f55452c2
font_01_sfnt_off0000de12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE12 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 6160641124086b866e4b9bf4914533ff6a32cf667bce24914faf7a9e50ef23c0
font_02_sfnt_off00010a20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A20 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1