Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd1623e85714b923…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 03:34:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4384aba5e547b6473e3fbb7638465705 SHA-1: 2e839f1ba695f865f763499ae152e01ebc1a85f2 SHA-256: cd1623e85714b923fd43af6753d2da14c8ed91c6e23382ef80a822345db3cd49
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or appear to be part of a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters and the detection of a compromised CMS upload link suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=is+rooting+your+phone+bad PDF link annotation
    • http://ourdesign.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64740802969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelsenator.com/userimages/25581790280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italianopizzeria-pg.com/uploads/files/82097322629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerastar.com/userfiles/file/nexovisaxosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents/files/59566392700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanfrancescovet.com/userfiles/files/zevelexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///567409104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusamulticentralestari.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/79615613036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cmddb7j5cs7dvl6d6lvsa3ieev/duvijuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jalegefirobaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/letapejalavejidofidedoja.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://otohondamientay.com/upload/files/vutazedikazip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150001.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210912175009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138f2c112efb---99686126707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kabaretyimpresariat.pl/Upload/file/96748780134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc8acda3fcaf1b784306b159a0e65aab/vovilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asi-filter.pl/files/file/guzavep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmechanicsville.com/uploads/files/44839409963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/851551463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613259f2c1880---39735439689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/mojomos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vssteel1999.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/43104357120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://affordans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kixofefufuginujijipap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hftyby.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-4/20210904114906797064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76ac2dd913b956683ad99aba0498b614/xigusegoniniminuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • 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_off0000e09f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE09F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B6 10932 bytes
SHA-256: bcf0354b59c7b7632d3600047365e53b33a06c6246e2cfe4ddd35046ed551fc3
font_02_sfnt_off0001118c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1118C 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 2c669cc6776d99667707011f6d1ee8dcac91d8a1c9e72abef52c76cd6c5ec845