Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5aad4896fb4543f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:19:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 0e7c334972a0c3dcc6b06fb94611b2b2 SHA-1: 6cc988a386ba1b4d78ac968b9e73f22916fa122a SHA-256: b5aad4896fb4543f5793e05f4869bcbc0baf67c1529598fe207840f159b27a5a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of 'cmdft1o0pm/wuzosijufitagoxuguli.pdf' in the document text indicates a potential command execution or obfuscation attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://skyzoan.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/kozuzemavibuloxonexis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58levkhv3r9v1pdjug8sgbrdq4/legukodokoduliguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mkupoe9mmchunrbcmdft1o0pm/wuzosijufitagoxuguli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsegypt.com/file/vuxunizuruxexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860dfc725dc---32193524111.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ek2o0ttht5b5tv1kqmrdu91g52/danawugez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivescuolaguida.it/userfiles/files/94037111567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2ctrading.org/cms_upload/files/raketanapil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf7db97f94---47491142879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eravukappalpalli.com/userfiles/file/57719163672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovesushiscv.com/uploads/files/pigukob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phatgiaolongan.com/upload/ckupload/files/28171188754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polymer-optix.de/userfiles/file/81420083318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rsa7ngm6lve6ukojnie0bd1ff6/58397207491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1622433363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyergz.net/uploadfile/files/zefoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/UserFiles/files/50575760767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modern-pro.ru/files/file/6668919815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01161ae959adc43ff2e5781ee543b679/xirazuvenewebebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ximangsongthao.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/domepupujipavibejeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emaaravm.net/upload/files/14625324332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876e73f2ef0---83488013408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsegypt.com/fileIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=medidas+de+comprimento+6+ano+exercicios+pdfPDF 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_off0000e4c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4C5 20580 bytes
SHA-256: 2479f95e25381c69e2bd1c50a4a20aa88a10cc30a58b7e4bdb65810f6ee58863
font_01_sfnt_off000117c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FDF 11000 bytes
SHA-256: b04b26251a45161b2cb37a9dc1ddc939f70aad7853d8af304a1d83bb3a53b044