Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4c5f724fa0cedf4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-08-20 00:10:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 5319d523fba45c9f6bbaf8e788671f0a SHA-1: 3991973646163a30c1b5362e73ef64cd4e209a47 SHA-256: b4c5f724fa0cedf42574080e62e7631a1a85c868c53b91b09484f5c39b2750cb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of a 'LOLBin token sequence' indicates potential attempts to disguise malicious commands within the document content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lesson+8.4+practice+a+geometry+answers+pages+480-487 PDF link annotation
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdc416ff9e---54128950535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076da9e555e8---beliriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afac982a577---pugigotenojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiokclassof65.com/clients/d/db/dbefc63a503cf3d3a4f9fb61678ecc08/File/56459183241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb4e53f938---16053386582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d26807e0f4e---87839448525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04895346f6---76194079236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742fb7c5b4c---xuwevesapimesulet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8dp8mduhneap56vptlqftitq6/70367679924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac235c0d197f0e46b4dd28d94a4541c3/2426038699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.azurwelcomeservices.com/userfiles/file/66557285986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealordhotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85435655091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6097dcb5b33d0085d4adfc56ea44ae1e/19230582493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismart99.net/upload/files/puxexopozekukebusidis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895c2f8fe98---kevopizuwasafosopowije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/1117326309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/nipabakajufebivolivuxopaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alariel.be/userfiles/file/24435764817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpqzl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voniludabubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/fedutewebisujogelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tybistanbul.org/resimler/files/tupaxewavuxapip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d850.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD850 11384 bytes
SHA-256: 0c110cdd37a5afc2223f05ff4d30912a14b2f3a9222919aafdecb8e757eae30a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f368.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF368 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B7A 20324 bytes
SHA-256: 7195de15818086686d87fb662f2a5148ab459e3778d65320c3bf64fc757ba4bd