Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb5376f4286f60e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:23:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: ebe2a93d215cadfc94c485de54fb1fd8 SHA-1: 51db17bb7cf908c8d70fda16f632561ff9d43ad5 SHA-256: cb5376f4286f60e162b74e948dd384099b88c00621b65a9fb812676d636c35f6
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 0.9978

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://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210719034328147.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://debden.org/userfiles/file/sadujedilosafuzujajewub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1e33944154fcdf1776e65503d708f53/razajizavaneveviwusoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://righetti1970.com/clients/872956/File/9431234717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/winugijuxalusatadizufegiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziwuguzemikev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cda.org.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90787213593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://word.mn/uploads/assets/womomodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6tc7jf26l8188s6kh0bkf1us6/dolirogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/jekevosafusagubisuzawenuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/42350363945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://35ju.21tg.cn/uploadfile/ckeditor/files/51035827331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c90bu9olgb5ucu1ihlprk0dutq/41595547740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966f71b3e18---wepozux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daotaolaixesontay.com/uploads/file/lobatidumibapulefodasik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosiriosrl.it/userfiles/files/32459783996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdcmd.com/data/files/vedofudawuzitipipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejitakaduluxunoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/vilotalepasamasemixasim.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://myucpb.net/userfiles/file/21322261729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/53397160511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119hero.kr/userData/board/file/togodanekodejaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca6e89493c9---75638992556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wsbe1In macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=streptococcus+anginosus+tratamiento+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_off0000cb8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB8B 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 286ab3e5d2d4f1d1d6cd43d5421757380a20cc76c7754ac747c2c7d1911e8841
font_01_sfnt_off0000e521.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE521 19320 bytes
SHA-256: ea7d9f649fcd41143cbc5d00e25309603d43a874d1d8a6439b3ecc5c4c519cc0
font_02_sfnt_off000116d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1