Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f579662ced1d2bc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-29 04:03:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: e6c4952fd4a44b61f273a43a7af58f34 SHA-1: 5613d864b9b6aa3871a8bf8b4dc39eb84b49e986 SHA-256: f579662ced1d2bc0dcacd2ed132b34c7810dc132e130146ac425b292439817d8
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate it's an image-only document used as a lure, likely to trick users into clicking links that download further malicious content or lead to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • 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 68 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ldplayer+genshin+impact+not+compatible PDF link annotation
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/8824385112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontaine-eva.fr/userfiles/files/puvemigegujigilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailycan.com/userfiles/files/bulopaxutatusuzutafu.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://www.champagne-cornevin.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34167190693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf3d8394f0---80655035878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anhhuynoithat.com/asset/files/xadofutizegaxafezijana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellfoto.cz/pictures/files/69880992471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369b1a3a0c6---37359164985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sadhankendra.org/erc/media/14891542057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-izdaniy.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64818968653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciba.lv/uploaded/file/4798309345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64714dc9f249ba7d269197e3c3e4393d/81586165706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145f67e5dd55---mowogef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/papoxibivumosusokogudib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://begili.com/uploads/image/files/zibutomuwilirejepopejodiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemicilojistik.com/userfiles/upload/file/vatumofamanexiloxebuzibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ksmt.edu.np/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fajavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loppisidjupdalen.se/images/uploaded/file/7346914835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2sluvgumjfuaahkccurf4s2rhu/87745075361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etspak.com/survey/userfiles/files/piposulitinorod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/56867530880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chungangroup.com/uploads/files/202109252113515553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/375bba386dcf02f872d238e4f88f09b8/17533921796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontaine-eva.fr/In macro / runtime command snippet
    • 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_off0000ae6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE6C 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 36d1cbbc7cd594dac2af6b485b774f5f0e67d5a89e27a8f9563f21e906f78cb3
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e003.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE003 13780 bytes
SHA-256: 0fa9e8150c7da1791a6c378c6288653b56e4ea0d3ce0d2461acf60a5dbc0da5d