Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbbb00898d4ce0af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:44:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 2d58982da28f308935710c9a8449a07e SHA-1: 84c92ecc6bc1a7f362ccaa0a71d899bef2718087 SHA-256: dbbb00898d4ce0af6df0c85390dc52658eda794ec4f7dddfe634a3fc729e0a92
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download' button lure and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicate malicious intent. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • 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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cadillac+service+manual+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24f66da9331f216f5757c69f42b0ea87/24883841928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bf5d3731f3df0e08601279ab085cee2/fabezelux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fxlcd.com/upload/file/bemopovirup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baoveantam.org/upload/files/temezuxeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdcmd.com/data/files/5808508390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/ridixugifizivitunafewuvet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef87f8ed23---tezozib.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://cgl.lu/userfiles/files/10607651972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607deeb3d445a---91104817829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089561caf8d9---44416662946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bda.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nexiniwuxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f3081bcf663d127da98c4b2b64a36f5/60244598523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/48814101951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemwishrs.com/ckfinder/stones/files/buvirutogawemir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084bd566919a---63194431310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/7068895932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75s1qt31ccah69r1psp4vhk1sg/viwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciacogliate.it/userfiles/files/41414537109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caogenzhiben.com/filespath/files/20210809105400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608238d26cd31---12158341500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/93076082809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609823e432e1d---28531022844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3b3f746b96233b02435cfd51be42f70/zitokijusudemodeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundacionamigosdelmarcaribe.ong/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suvepelefuwase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/fIn 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_off0000d80d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD80D 17044 bytes
SHA-256: af7137238d661b218d31e3a2049d0f4dbab068964989d76f1c735ff47d4ae960
font_01_sfnt_off00010441.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10441 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 0d745e58266a4ff788ab9e9d4821da056f99b0d49236874a2d073fc628175fe6
font_02_sfnt_off00011d42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D42 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1