Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9ce8761f7207393…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-25 16:51:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 69d2183a54eb05375b5795de0ad793f5 SHA-1: af1734daed403f489b2412f373ff7b4fd8f1ea95 SHA-256: d9ce8761f7207393e0d65a7850e5555b64cf1db1994105b00b9a4d987eab5f0d
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be disposable link farms, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a screenshot lure further supports the phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://nguoigiupviec99.com/webroot/img/files/mewodoroji.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sreekanakananda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23045705599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6a93609415039e8e36ecd0ec145b7d4/rolozoworigogumezujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23339212958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekitchendesignstudio.org/uploads/files/16850538455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/49992798440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sterlingsez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86158022598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/jeraduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czyxchem.com/upload/files/79532108050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/77183005251.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://whatshoulditcostme.com/userfiles/file/movewinuleromedulekedarob.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://chromowane.com/userfiles/file/59700099545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polaryachts.com/res/wysiwyg/file/6885846370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimuselearningschool.com/learning/site/images/uploadfiles/jegekuratujawonufus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/40187238266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9121ba77fd7084b918bb4b891d191ca6/4389074975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dc03f0858a65f31d0ed4500f457c1d1/14014548865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/files/zebolefakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/82323132278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madonnina.info/userfiles/files/5006564201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/nivif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/tolonasoluxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujieshubao.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021091923103373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lex.tj/img/file/zimovaluwiwanaxilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odumakus.com/uploads/files/ronetuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9345a6deeb26410ae241ec1d04df55a9/bumodugikurobuwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czyxchem.com/upload/In macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+take+screenshot+on+galaxy+note+5PDF 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_off0000b108.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB108 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c91a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC91A 14108 bytes
SHA-256: aeefb3872af235d21e46916b450f9c2b308a6d0c2e5d8d00d131a772189ae3c9
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC19 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 336dbe776f5c4852450c5fdd282485f99546f0086f7a1492413abea07049e8a9