Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d21ddb44ce23a582…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-16 20:44:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2a6f9c42a1ac40cf34d8aaf5dbb008e2 SHA-1: 95b28f866554bdc952aea02b8b002e03f13e4217 SHA-256: d21ddb44ce23a582f52771d6df48aae92618dfae4a7cba29c5778fc8ab3ce29b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or link-farming attack. The heuristic 'SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND' indicates the presence of command-line execution tokens within the document text, potentially for obfuscated commands or to trigger malicious actions. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns point towards a malicious intent to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=international+number+system+after+trillion PDF link annotation
    • http://vivaibonomo.it/userfiles/files/rekazadukeselanugeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161401e08f3240---pijugamono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe089aacf1951b1cc53e6d1ba26c7a6d/97625571102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e177723721f41b1a704f982f6b92d1d1/30637736494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptindia.com/newsimages/file///pazosebulapijes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanta-life.com/userfiles/file/77700432268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ace611be83d06c928688ebb5ae2d8b8/30774063612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magerp.org/upload/files/11580137955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bd3791e43f67f328a8c8180c1c5b6cb/mewurokavopozidatakug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamolenasnc.it/userfiles/files/23304538299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123natura.com/stockages/files/laraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vnv.nu/admin/library/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dawaguzonadale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtt-association.fr/upload/file/vigevavogar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/batesuwezasinupapoxirowol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdcmd.com/data/files/26744910602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polaryachtmanufactory.com/res/wysiwyg/file/51875291548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161371919e4829---buwemutilotebifizupasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5512f5c13f82eb57c9413af2cc65e490/pogopat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startbatteries.gr/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lirutanexisusekojegomisan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612faa2b3e139---mozapekotofili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f73e7f3f12---leromofibamufin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esperidiaogomes.com/userfiles/files/27076145738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubilex.com/userfiles/files/gegogunesajufafodedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/xovematemegabone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiaavcilar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/magitutigalovavisikizaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polaryachtmanufactIn 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_off0000bd4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD4B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d562.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD562 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 0df415c4ef8759e36185827c86e499af3474f1889b39bad57ba87c30b6d88202
font_02_sfnt_off0000ede1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDE1 17000 bytes
SHA-256: aa7b125cc1ed6d8459251f3348ae982014225791643edcf63a6154cee3fb7849