Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4f0d88a3bef39f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 08:52:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fe7d24bc10c853db70ae4f569e47d392 SHA-1: 9f741a8e58fdda8080df20ba33b5aeecc3abfb0a SHA-256: c4f0d88a3bef39f42e537fabdb242d28772f817a69e263401659252436744d1a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was identified as malicious by a ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of 'cmdf7s8qvoqi1egav0l9gn/mapikitubujinona.pdf' in the document text suggests an attempt to execute commands or disguise malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3nqgnavc1u6md4geca63cio6k0/79474235783.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/nutawabotijutakaguri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed9e23f803---jetenopobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4723d3c50f---womutolufajurun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb0ad524beb---93317635298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vicorsupply.com/uploads/images//files/pidugiboxodesegug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/gugilorewunopuwita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0otee3pmv8tasj1jjnlh2fhfr/wimupejododisalupexuvit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b66a13c614---13937905814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6ec96fe66---11284872275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livres-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3231781771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a21e9c1d81e0fb63d34f1e1117affe68/dudavamepuwevad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e946ccf3b9---jabima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/22055691888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7787c5561---60116675996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16074b557ecb3b---dakavonewufutewesanotike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1l42gsa7o35ouh7vn8tuo01ap4/27660419185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ppmcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kb8ucmdf7s8qvoqi1egav0l9gn/mapikitubujinona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8f5fff00c886db288e678a5dbfaa092/98230552983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b63554a4a7d---nifenapadesasezenufojage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f6a255f8b7128d8b7dd2babad4bab47/84266272009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=songs+after+divorcePDF 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_off0000fda8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDA8 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 3f95f3d738001ad6d5b05fab169bb43e62c3b59dceeff6ab50ce8ff5b335b229
font_01_sfnt_off0001165b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1165B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E6D 17492 bytes
SHA-256: fbede44a9fc6155442419d4ff4f92647f450c5deeaca25a843d5bec95507346d