Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2fb0520ad1e3f36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-24 13:15:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5db2012a7c3d57f9ee3e0b3e95421230 SHA-1: 9a3565b500f7a0b6113398129d385a534bffa74b SHA-256: d2fb0520ad1e3f365a4e37afaf9df7064654d8bf30babb42d22dbd696e21a699
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of 'cmd.com' in the document text suggests potential command execution, further supporting a malicious payload delivery or execution scenario.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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=spooks+series+7+episode+2 PDF link annotation
    • http://lobanowscy.pl/userfiles/file/dapupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tischtennis-kiel.de/images/file/baboxigelonegilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.ru/imgdish/files/fidisimum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613686ef0f04c---serededajurufif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bf628770a3277794298db02c9b022c6/sekekokijibamojomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92372091870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdcmd.com/data/files/37648395474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/jurajedegos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongnhatrang.com/uploads/files/20878442062.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614913c52c510---3259668666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zonunavini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1613667d00a9fd---remubedixaninisimip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63919781678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/16637771826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tarnava.eu/user_images/file/34327104755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drosamahetta.com/userfiles/file/29687146333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9g982s2q85pnjh2hb6hoqv6ap6/danafuzugobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabandclaw.com/uploads/files/99158195532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gozdekadife.com/resimler/files/dasalutinalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikansambel.com/contents/files/90313614869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturestuff.nl/siteimages/file/57474259117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161401b62b40e1---41258900036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zifu-tech.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/13491056776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaiyudachem.com/filespath/files/20210921213724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/84592352928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/pogofibezomasanevexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/usIn 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_off0000b550.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB550 10312 bytes
SHA-256: d79fb6785fc5a4261c8976a0a3edb4ea3c78740176cb38d53ebd25e82215cf7d
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCB7 17464 bytes
SHA-256: 400d73b506bac319949e308d9c2130d07b7ba9d2d2d859088a11c72ced569c39
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1