Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea138b812d1ffd24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:58:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7c0f93dcf78310fd6dce037b27c0142e SHA-1: 56229fd11679ebfbebe706b30d9b1688df78c6a4 SHA-256: ea138b812d1ffd24759f88c61b430cc0d717c022ace54eebacfbb3b9d6f35955
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of 'wkhtmltopdf' in the metadata suggests it may have been generated programmatically to create this link farm, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/zojikadodifabiwuwopomoku.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bayihoki99.com/contents//files/kidoladuvor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160931a203b63c---faxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad2ec8b99eb---kepogipizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togetherwewalkny.org/clients/2/24/2411cc079aa0f0d7fd57f81c6163ecfd/File/81361891901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dotcomtravelegypt.com/userfiles/files/sujenarafedoxuxeguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival-bg.com/media/ckuploads/files/mitiviga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9af9a2d987---60242836790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/sezorurewuferajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/lefewudizixiniretopimigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/30057074033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/wipus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2e86fe3203---42403251339.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a10ba7074d---85299026383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/notipes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elesud.it/img_pagine/file/85216849132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omak1968.com/clients/71178/File/fatozureniralolapeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5508352224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://merydian.pl/nowymerydian/userfiles/file/82235716572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bo57v4tg7c6taqpn2o9l8786d5/bopapunepeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lso-msm.fr/userfiles/file/deluxukesasitafiwezefipus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/xemugekuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l8l3nugq64i5bn4tfsbj6g0eh3/77884111696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibzakon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60344625016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/4299977847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/fileIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=viable+source+meaningPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000ffb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFB5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000117c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C7 20424 bytes
SHA-256: 7bf3ed68f0d5c52971dbe77904b9a0ab955714e3fcdd8dee9704d185c8c080a1
font_02_sfnt_off00014ddd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DDD 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 887fc52016f9fb9c56cd913f9432ce631c255c7e55e18c716dc3725ad5bb8b18