Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebcaa8a48767cd3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:52:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 64c1e70dda7238c428c0d782798745c5 SHA-1: 264d333f9cfc38bc0bc5ef9dc3fa29ddd5fd5bae SHA-256: ebcaa8a48767cd3cfed597cab324b56406b90adf40e4ab77177df90b8df507d6
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of 'cmd' tokens in the document text indicates potential command execution, likely to download and execute further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://ablerexthailand.com/userfiles/files/90660859722.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63176958037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.com/images/blog//file/51625702025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarytattoomachine.co/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/34799786648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a0f1b7b8f8---zewenopatas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secondhandgraphics.com/usrfiles/file/91315296129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingnature.ru/files/files/40309804022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellgroup.cz/UserFiles/File/jujibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreamscar.eu/userfiles/file/49973629812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x-site.by/upload/editor/files/60235656466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8f8vkcmdnj4k893l4a8qlk32l/sivipifimupofawejifofadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nulifeus.com/~nulife/userfiles/file/92692025581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/lusaxorit.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a23a2b8c4---pusedewitizefofegon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704483a7a5e---desugifaferamifogol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/daxurexupamid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tradingcall.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tinelijujuxisuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2bd065f6fe---48053157224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112d32673923---33423927183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chataigne-cevennes.fr/imgs/files/xidanigene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b84f592b82---nirufepes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/wibowuxorezoxabumazij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6401533e9a62ed02a183bc96c5b39310/tumozavakoduwuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+compiler+design+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000ddeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5FD 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 8da04274d51cf897171a02db3b26e0c57e03ef87662d8063c77a16d9ad072eaf
font_02_sfnt_off000123e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123E8 11160 bytes
SHA-256: d294e6e6a3007059d60fa5eb1eefbfd67945986eaf22bc61838f0f104274a363