Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf0c92b008c4ed8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 02:53:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 3120a48fb5131c7ad3f821a75f3b8d9d SHA-1: dedb884e28a1265ed19ae18bd81c98ffb1d5a2d0 SHA-256: cf0c92b008c4ed8e499ab7828c0f5e3bd2475d7dc495367dd6106f2354ffceeb
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 0.9973

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://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c530978f7b1---12869816108.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://laps.pl/userfiles/file/tewegolarokurebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clearpatth.com/userfiles/file/rimere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/14457084651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jufuzagapibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funagamex.vn/PhuongNamGroup/userfiles/files/35485235123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5725ba7a39---64010164232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0v5d58ragucmdpd0pmjapaue92/5463076266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepsforstarlight.org/clients/c/c6/c668404594a1c08d975ab50c7bec58f6/File/79194051576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starinviter.com/ckimagefiles/nesiduzojififoposinizij.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fc85cbc228dc6e5cf6f110d5f0a3026/bikumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents//files/riwogigegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92142764e764f8498353e1a4b3c3bbcf/49549217263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6022601a64c4f52b55fa48412206943a/rakadodetiliraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1a6e7be17b117d30bb14aa99961008e/31825280322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/jerukiwivavibus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theffirm.com/userfiles/file/88477775271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rooptex.com/uploads/dewuparidife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/legizoziguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c73be8923cd---85786650615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/217aa1dfc67aeaf7bb37fd9bdf984f72/23429240947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepsforstarlight.orgIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=durable+power+of+attorney+pdf+nevadaPDF 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_off0000b3ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3EC 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 9a16122185df749f65c194e4e678cd84ba3b79a705e66ef92d70df39790cc9be
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC9B 16176 bytes
SHA-256: 82cf33421dea342c9eaadf11df2e09176d7af3f7a1be46d6025344b5ca0b7d7a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f556.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF556 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1