Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0b27cee920e2500…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:57:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e468325a3b05da275db0450cb3c1937a SHA-1: 2f7a2ad1ecf73584cbb323af8d762acb82c407be SHA-256: d0b27cee920e2500558dc78495a0c634056a0d60404efb50156a0f1cc9ec90f1
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a social engineering lure to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/wutoxunaxo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dff5e5238b---61084683512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e07a38b375565243239ddb3e3dfb14b/wufel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/12970789698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d487a78dd0d6ec9af8686aa052fa01e6/sorulegudipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heorungminhphat.com/luutru/files/93374326990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0758307272---57056220676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltools.com/userfiles/file/kazotujax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39a35e5c54---fefadibodexivikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcot.by/pics/files/47207070183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/buwibuvowoxejodumuxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/986e99e1182b228fcce2f9e4f7337c1e/fabiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec672c90e6---90999315934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pubs-icfas.org/icfas_new/dev/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bodokujiruruxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/kisuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/97957431463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zahrek.com/userfiles/file/midijikad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80a68976ae8f164e515fb76f267fd485/18470211921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qcmdn2lsd1ao4spcu1qgqtnr6t/nuguwotikutosopixulafafop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/tefesejirur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/dorisomusigofefofafade.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://ms02bet.com/contents/files/zapaxaboxapari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=economic+and+social+development+upsc+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_off00016926.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16926 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 2029f053d199dfe39063cb93f91eac61be0a986789d2506d958e64487087968d
font_01_sfnt_off0001821c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1821C 20668 bytes
SHA-256: c9e19cd02397e476ba346dd4fcb55ac18d68256fb27651009bc7f3defee6209c
font_02_sfnt_off0001b7dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B7DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1