Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed4157d29ac0934f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.7 KB Created: 2021-09-24 18:51:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6576f1e3ff13f609fe1e38e7fe12b215 SHA-1: e90454b31b7efefc942f141a011eff6e693f2e60 SHA-256: ed4157d29ac0934f740640ebf543daaafa0ddddf4622b1760128c219741826d4
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous external links, several of which point to PDFs hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a distribution point for malicious content. The heuristic PDF_IMAGE_LURE indicates it's likely an image-based document designed to trick users into clicking through to these external URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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 67 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://bisleriuber.genefied.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bakadetikalumigir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e18b21e8d2---77632967419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/liduxafavopagobosexup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/21139500893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/vaxilaxaxawasupifafimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autohausnschmidt.de/userfiles/file/jorukojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmp-traueranzeigen.de/cms/files/mugijijas.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dcc036253776409b48bb74bf44adc89/kaxafiganakexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mundolibre.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/43598612947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redigonda.it/userfiles/files/26602606562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domario.ru/userfiles/file/wujimuvekodevonuwore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopadive.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pivazoxomefinugabel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fourfoods.com/images/files/98831920147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145922119908---kasusofikuporizafemoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinocastillo.hu/editor_up/81509952570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-reefer-tournament.be/argt/files/madipako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alumcity.ru/userfiles/file/runogajel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotosvatba.net/userfiles/file/josem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bassonconsulting.mc/userfiles/file/povesefekemij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/wapewawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesemlak.com/test/images/uploads/files/71000642821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300b523e1c2---wekikesuwolefuboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/kulijosapesur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=8+ball+pool+latest+version+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000aede.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEDE 13492 bytes
SHA-256: f4cc5481070aaccd0722a081b4fa351f64ae512101cfb4bc0dc670f889833702
font_01_sfnt_off0000d016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD016 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e82d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82D 10964 bytes
SHA-256: f29d532bd27e2a4be7b74fa0772c5df71944d682bcf2ff75cf7246e5ad0d91a9