Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0d36b74e97ee9d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-07-09 15:47:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1778574a985b84098447eda82dd236dc SHA-1: f71dd0fd2716d0247325acfeede75f0785ce7236 SHA-256: e0d36b74e97ee9d581d7bcf0b2d1a2929ff4a22b6b21e6b5aaffd0fb3a90b4ec
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the PDF structure itself are indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://steelbo.com/uploads/admins/u0/files/20210708122556.pdf
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/sevagawupovun.pdf
    • https://digireg.dk/upload/69849894649.pdf
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/meduxigibumafaragokefofiv.pdf
    • https://yuss.it/file/nuzosej.pdf
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/sixowef.pdf
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l66qg0fulv4a1ir4ckah2h5n4v/89502727868.pdf
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20743f3021c5fb8cd164fde305777ff1/vamekexigeja.pdf
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8608706be---67252990291.pdf
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zatuwoxapovinazusisek.pdf
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvg7hp3ua9fj445b8fd0scovm8/pebuxidotezewirena.pdf
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1jnnncmddm9mio5pk5ink19us/petaduturoxuzabokoge.pdf
    • http://nanobubblevietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/338591628.pdf
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/taxazajoxobikapifevuzutir.pdf
    • https://szabobuszrendeles.hu/files/files/gawosunetota.pdf
    • https://fullgame.hu/uploads/files/kefurax.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097622b392bc---mavekinikikoneduf.pdf
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e786da8cb2---zuvavumikakoregifiko.pdf
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3u886dg42nr0iu5udo6pqif525/xanigesugiwaxizupip.pdf
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daxepin.pdf
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb726f675a8e79af3a225a451216843c/68741655090.pdf
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f52f7b2387243d20c991ccf317f41bde/vubudedogarixosazin.pdf
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0821b4f0d---66747185285.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=off+their+rockers+meaning
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bcf2.bin
25645be6518dbee3b10ac58d2a2b19bd3fe3278c673ee7882f3e1db40908c129
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCF2 10852 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5eb.bin
95c680662bfb933886633bee3f5abeb5294a1d046c87eca7950882242354c496
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5EB 15984 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff66.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF66 16792 bytes