Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f36050ae2967208b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-26 06:18:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 1172c7dd83f27186d743f2e1d1e20b7a SHA-1: bd4213efb39eb7af5551b3317c419bf98797baf2 SHA-256: f36050ae2967208b761f3d87448aad36d0725392045317f3251e7c91f6ef3b04
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND heuristics further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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 https://malayalamfoundation.org/admin/my_files/file/rukizekomukeki.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bigdtgfp5bd83cmdcfj83ks957/56350113351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161443d4e06c3b---74184458137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kujainspectors.com/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/donezivisoziruzevelur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/11638328807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41982afe07effec69568e8162d01411b/63481566467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nibrasimansch.com/userfiles/files/sovuzebavinadotofuketew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topmebli.com/content/xuploadimages/file/7297894001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8ddabfa79997df99723920ed7fbf09c/gofukazipofivuxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soosanfix.com/upload/fckeditor/file/43605859814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137e06e243ce---87076070055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hig-hegmann.de/userfiles/file/8784825816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khautrangkhangviet.com/upload/img/files/buganered.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hadt.vn/upload/files/miwudewowuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernwashpros.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/40744019630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ccd68c1c6---80297588665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merrygoldholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87396970638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomarcheluzzo.it/userfiles/files/16631979438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvbm.org/pds/userfiles/files/93124620289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eaa077f1d0---wipapibasolulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/18667524564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93b69818c0a088b3cd6685e172edc598/63250909943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacasettamattei.it/userfiles/files/wubegog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praktijk.zorglink.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bojifup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-cIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=hud+mode+androidPDF 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_off0000b0cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8E1 15576 bytes
SHA-256: 0cec8a372de174c8576e1efd587cc768b3ad300208e8a98ce79dd3342b90c2ac
font_02_sfnt_off0000f079.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF079 10188 bytes
SHA-256: 120596e4174dc413627b46103625bbad5919fcc64b72840f8b0a97748b219e46