Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9802b7afc5a93b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.2 KB Created: 2021-09-28 20:13:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 72e25cb52ed851868b2fda41dc599b21 SHA-1: 31ef0581c4c433a887a16e115b6151bdb345da27 SHA-256: e9802b7afc5a93b29b3b39edc31675453913ec1b285ab72290ebae747ad001f2
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-heavy nature and embedded links pointing to potentially malicious domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious classification. The presence of multiple URLs, including those hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggests an attempt to redirect users to a malicious payload or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=restoring+deleted+files+android PDF link annotation
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d15636684a---37838722494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monographie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rifanexexamumeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebel-moscow.com/content/xuploadimages/file/wadarizumularuragupam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133cc4d37c56---77000864810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138fcb481731---zenilixaped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilafafafa.com/shopadmin/upload/files/vegixeremiwedepari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forspeed.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71783787832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/31029014208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyo-g.net/userfiles/file/23146716336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soportedevida.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/walazugizeti.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://drentmedischadvies.nl/uploads/files/memurorunavipedotuganumer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laarakkers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57465474247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrenickels.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/litozefijanikunipup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/579bd8a4e284000ae66bbdb0e684f17e/wifefaguned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/bifilonipoketelag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villabrown.it/userfiles/files/25925555705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://presssimayeshahr.ir/pic/file/fogunajowakifuvazolujogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungafilm.com/dorceiys/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40391494980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elpijisystem.com/file/70244126870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/71624894975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrominicabs.com/survey/userfiles/files/68801100452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khonggianmang.com/upload/files/12183050693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreuma.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74882924205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyo-g.net/userfIn 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_off0000b0ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0AE 13820 bytes
SHA-256: b74d93742ec759ce3d91f2851ce20eed1a1b68e27dfab8cf5186fc20774f89fb
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eadb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEADB 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 02317204981448edf4938061305408f29b667e7bdc4a942fe1e22b5ec74c5f95