Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b99eb8d6a24269ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-08-29 21:59:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 5534bd17468a27766b6a5211bdf78be1 SHA-1: 48f7bc67d6a2b4467b99984c421168d35deba37b SHA-256: b99eb8d6a24269ce9bee5987b6a93a41be63cc58e3a42c0a747623113a90ae8d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a LOLBin command-execution lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1233bf40f4---xalomomexotowo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/3247312769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historico.uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64819060985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b780ccde179---ganasididulubuvixitan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/06/29/file/20210629_070201_132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.net/data/filestorage/upload/files/lesukas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hbaoge.com/upload/files/66036640100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/24242012764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai-guesthouse-chiangmai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pelofobajel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/99600389986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/55744885981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pandoreunion.com/clients/81456/File/27755694596.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/reguziniwazuvav.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccfafa7cb66---rivunezesapiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcf7acd05a4---tusajojuwikupedijivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cu6urn1pbrh510957ilkdovbhd/60079101425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c487a24463169e774644d21230fa1cd1/jasanogizufijotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/gamosuwerutulale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1eb09e24d9---gobagubovogusum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///wakuwewojekodozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/847a3e655f39de6c009dfe873dfe5720/xofagovaluja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/76871362094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suprizpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/72808824576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiersIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+polar+nature+of+waterPDF 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_off0000d753.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD753 17616 bytes
SHA-256: 051e19617fad5481dd65aff6cd52205c9394959aaa57a10234396b6717b3c7f9
font_01_sfnt_off000104ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104AB 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 9684d9ab6412164ab009729972cf6926199a1c64aef3dcf6c29ab3f16ec38e3c
font_02_sfnt_off00011d04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D04 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1