Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df5a4ccf061ec66e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:54:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 348db713913040630929868dac716ebb SHA-1: bdb0f1455a31daac5249b745fe0847b4cbea2625 SHA-256: df5a4ccf061ec66e07dc1da5ec25a7cdc30d39396632433f8b77077a5de5d4c8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' heuristics, along with the 'SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND' firing, strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of multiple external URIs and the nature of the URLs suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=double+acting+steam+engine+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077935d2823a---demojoramimagatudoxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1gbqgoci5hbfsv4it5jes6c44v/1775236064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b7df9135095faa04129dd1de44984b4/nexativura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qfcmd9u300vern4nb0rja5m16/sotubodagufapuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077dd0c703be---46809870530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educationindiajournal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dufodinufesakez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e4c51737f---25725369245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f82177abd4---bumuxokakupuzokil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naszymsladem.pl/upload/file/82640171442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatceramics.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xamevopopuwubukotesudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coquicart.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/mobelaladup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32384862ff381affa9d0568719bd7a60/xerasigepemafazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160997aa515288---pukoxemewavotudow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6ba50e49a---lakilagavekudagifodopujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/boliwagunifubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/33865742908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madonnina.info/userfiles/files/8728910638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thsport.dk/userfiles/file/10852562655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsxr.hu/userfiles/file/xijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcicz.org/userfiles/file/2805499459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/46946715356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/83157934094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/191b5ea107f127a8d0e4f0264f475a5c/winubesufex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscapeIn 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_off0000dceb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4FD 17356 bytes
SHA-256: d570db58ac524a1aafb8de4a847c73401473ae68daa5422e631cc3b0976d5071
font_02_sfnt_off00012229.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12229 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 4c95d57e0e3848f6a53241a416feeaf3a21cf11c3a9c5b5328e72f7db5237c4f