Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb9756839543a572…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-24 16:36:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 578418a7e034b2d2e9b9c5a990f439ed SHA-1: 549edb1e321b1d7a8c52be266510d8f9577f9231 SHA-256: cb9756839543a572dc234ac4b660ff66332ec827c588fe495f2a38566eeccae8
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 WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The heuristic 'SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND' indicates the presence of command execution tokens within the document text, further supporting malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://farmaciafasolis.eu/userfiles/files/41025712399.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rgcsmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22589987902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inannamsao.com/uploads/files/38317393333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7be98187a685d754bfdc1d6095906cb6/kivovapexexafujesox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shreenatharcade.com/userfiles/file/70459465984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b9a0569451---lefot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jerseyshorepirates.com/userfiles/files/17366972154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperugia.fr/userfiles/file/50560503480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmaicharmingtravel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33490012984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nibusumonavunorax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b87bf19aa47b24c31de978fd03753750/87976784482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettipassarinmarzotto.com/userfiles/files/rizevemupezogasofewupose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimdaiphatsteel.com/Images_upload/files/fokofopido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e39d991407---7840886083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613520cd25a9c---mudodubegosaligivopubame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142263f33335---34554618788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/wamifasojudunavatirufeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastervgtour.by/var/upload/file/81041602958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cainghienbinhduong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/jodetifisewufasubinekam.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/puworujadujanerud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valergences.fr/userfiles/file/46561337500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osmed.cz/app/webroot/files/files/bazosiwedowuburele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctnphrae.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pujurojojepofozadovaxezaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uc-kushiro.net/images/library/File/89593431194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liyangah.com/Upload/file/moxewapotoduxuxomusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northern-japan.com/image/upload/File/19050309039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica-mpt.it/userfiles/files/45631018285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=thanks+for+offer+letterPDF 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_off0000b61f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB61F 16936 bytes
SHA-256: 0f841b87287ac55d4dd6f7b71022e711793b9268ab6e5cd9846aeaced6cd7ff1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0F7 10276 bytes
SHA-256: e9e705a89bf0dd7440626cbadeb9b6fe76c56f68f2f4895a80c37729a444a5ee
font_02_sfnt_off0000f819.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF819 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1