Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8cc8ce870cacb8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-10-02 09:45:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8a0b1b6db92567d880b1d8aa30dedc3a SHA-1: 3135cf6bbd43369e64461337d6f8482e9d626d21 SHA-256: f8cc8ce870cacb8b4c29b20395bea3544deb89ce95d33f04793a4a2611816720
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which appear to be disposable or compromised hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The heuristic 'SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND' suggests potential execution of commands, although no specific script was extracted to confirm this.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=scrooge+and+fezziwig PDF link annotation
    • http://eminenceinc.com/userfiles/file/36343364914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fpcofmacon.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/28166790234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161543dbaa7a18---93790591255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlinendttraining.net/files/44159333372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/dugajimibara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5501315943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lonniestireandauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/wurukisenosuninofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fujazovugoxiveriro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indicaperu.com/userfiles/file/bivixarefabejodonir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daqing-jewelry.com/uploads/files/202109111659252420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/20907212036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arablift.net/userfiles/file/24065473409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://all-stage-meditation.tw/uploads/files/6143ec9d42e23.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0880c2e586a43266a57c0606694c297/6644642364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokhalasati.com/userfiles/files/48454789928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392b28ed1ca---86243371368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f1279c96a5---wupaluxixaxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16157b94d1c0e4---58967934339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/lukuxezarejelan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/45427723957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwstationery.com/files/file/27170692448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmresearch.org/userfiles/files/4672481719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controlsystemco.com/cache/fck_files/file/rixawowuloxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpsacademy.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/73228377231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arablift.net/useIn 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_off0000bf4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF4D 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 21c275271bd8f58371e310b01b7e52f577e914d54558fec92e5d136a7dad597c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d769.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD769 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF7B 19024 bytes
SHA-256: a1f267deb07c23f0321ffef7d923af4f796430a7c9880dc789620cd69e2d131b