Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa891c72fb939498…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-10-08 13:28:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 114c45ebec2cfa55ecdbe75fa5b09414 SHA-1: 700cf35c9a60f3208a3135498e81c2c63844106a SHA-256: fa891c72fb939498474f1f2f16823aded6b42949531fa3a5b795b8847ec9ec96
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, some of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND' also indicates potential command execution attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 http://clinton.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/40994022664.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sayurhijau.com/contents/files/32759795742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/8920287320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsva.com/uploads/files/gamikusolidagaxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-melodie-des-saveurs.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13021484386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siblom.ru/files/upload/file/zomapoxabukumujokigenogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mauchlineware.com/html/chapelstreet/web/userfiles/files/faregegimomiwegalejafuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://advocaatindex.nl/images/uploads/wurogujiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salman-group.com/userfiles/file/97121813198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ud2-140.com/files/14037580560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://processwork.archerhuang.com/ConImg/files/zezizifipijesefimudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanprodukt.cz/UserFiles/File/43751545940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c86e02c0f4---93824580287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanghsin.com/uploads/files/202109052228183088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msdoubrava.cz/foto/images/file/kaxetuled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nobokixorolujikejarame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunbulsa.org/~ewedd2/userfiles/file/sebizapoxomizoxivefafoket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615a67a76b7a4---45549123150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzbau-napetschnig.at/vitusakuzug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakesnwoodskerala.com/uploads/file/giniloxawopep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135683cd9623---kitababijojuxanisonoribox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodymart.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77524148586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocenfis.es/uploads/assets/file/74564995768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luyenthidhcanhsat.com/Images_upload/files/42735331518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdcmd.com/data/files/24148372192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/tilogagubuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjengo.org/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/88814699245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/usIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=chip+n+dale+rescuePDF 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_off0000ef52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF52 18192 bytes
SHA-256: 70ed636d04584b4435e3951ae082276570b13c3f8f74c8b633a2456038ef7f07
font_01_sfnt_off00011e37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001364e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1364E 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 08e1cedcdde1be32e1af0aa0fae00e7f2a093c45b87a3ed4f56762e7640572c2