Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9edbf62871a5b53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:53:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a37d34852383b4e015f588e4ddc64cbb SHA-1: 589c932383c92f3d44c6bd7fba680f79ecfbb723 SHA-256: d9edbf62871a5b530d5ff36bf18d9fe4e7a4eece78a7412f26375d8dc9b14bde
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of 'LOLBin token sequence in document text' and ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature. The file likely serves as a lure to direct users to malicious websites, potentially for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=viruses+pdf+notes PDF link annotation
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9799c031144fc21f41afc445abc44eca/28401795813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/jozow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/66358068168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c363e4c8cb4---67459991779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1f9cd29833d8cf82d186563470ba58a/59946039083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26e28e351b3f7f013f44cf151ab0724b/3720673875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrieshorst.nl/images/uploads/file/sodixutibazaruvesen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webshopplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/jipupuzukisamediraki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlh.vn/storage/ckfinder/files/31787458637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/2708221275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afs4uhgpg1s0trhk41hse533f0/92335323606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4e25a250708258f6c8f7d279c01af16/xixipazakopuwivexivubobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever0036.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210716020619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikincielinmak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/sujonuzewoxixetufesojil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://domilot.com/uploader/files/zagamaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098cd3e07322---vinoboxasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitchile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vebugusifopopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/16140729098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c428971f0c---39425224758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3941aa2201---nuramewolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/77119824694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/npdnk4ep4hjhufdspsipt0vgdc/7234826683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a546690dde22864caf040fdc1d0e2065/54927741316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linhquan-group.com/upload/ck/files/98349413796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringnederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18988579376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/kewitejegunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.ukIn 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_off0000b8ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8AE 14496 bytes
SHA-256: 6abe51eb21a89c52fa950a269b97c12c4a04c932cf767abfe1e2df9b0f6185e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4DD 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 38144568b5ccb19d5ecb5b2bd19801188c10b9053e0da70cb9eb3322e4a5d99f