Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f078fc68f03ce71a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 20:09:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 6dde46a3311953a134aeefe7352bb235 SHA-1: d0cca6fddf942bb33471f9d77594a798c7fba82a SHA-256: f078fc68f03ce71a0630aeec9b4831aca730fad88ec71a144f97e782c0b7eb12
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'curl' command sequence in the document text further supports the likelihood of malicious activity, potentially for downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=grave+of+the+fireflies+music+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613744275f50c---5053714289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbellevuepalermo.com/userfiles/files/wevajabapefarusumavadiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jualumnitoronto.com/editor/uploadfiles/94390812913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/78759642662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezastupitelstvo.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/17349779798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fw-simple.com/uploads/files/sevokizisal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161314d3c7cb3c---94579643242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacionecla.org/resources/original/file/17969489865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariomariani.it/userfiles/files/rapidowedeles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menokatea.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sanegowogigukupanadub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64311035511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/tosawebimubulumuwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/levowoxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/didamobatubefumub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec1dc478d2---70035482138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/60298814252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumland.sk/upl/42868079282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zahidnawaz.com/UploadedImages/image/44292139137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3o2jnm3hkl6ilpkn64v1h3l047/2081644858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mateuszkucharski.pl/admin/file/jozukunokonugurozav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d49268592---xejifibomigokepimoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luijkzonwering.nl/image/file/20246921886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4873c51c847c645a8f2f43957880ed7/92297025181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46790435798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f7d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D5 21320 bytes
SHA-256: 5188a2d773baa68e6cc4f4db96d157b4eb536395363607b4ddb2f9619a8ce840
font_01_sfnt_off00013052.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13052 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014869.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14869 10984 bytes
SHA-256: c32dca33a3f025044557b8f19418be07d8ccbced899031960bd9e9cb10c3b7c9