Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb4e4fe429eff4d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-24 10:14:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d54d48be53b15fc40071214148b72d68 SHA-1: 12ac1acd82679a9432bde25ab2212c41891de4f8 SHA-256: fb4e4fe429eff4d46a8860d5aebb50766100db7246a2ac961f47909a531fdfc8
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. A critical heuristic indicates a 'Clipboard command execution lure,' suggesting the document instructs users to copy and paste commands into a shell. This, combined with the embedded JavaScript, points to an attempt to execute malicious code. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+retrieve+deleted+messages+on+note+8+without+computer PDF link annotation
    • http://flynewsletter.com/uploads/file/86606179450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fa-vietnam.com/webroot/img/files/98985036348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valerart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35364926719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surmounttravel.com/userfiles/files/tojeduzivapekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4btnio884ptj198u0mph12g5i8/24429811121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/femapetulidulumofavuvoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giltmorestukko.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2071276078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklima.net/upload/ckfinder/files/41797609935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busto-wl.gattinonimondodivacanze.it/themes/userfiles/files/75266530982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativecoms.net/userfiles/file/fojamupiwezuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mevlanaasm.com/resimler/files/47950608403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hb1004.com/userData/board/file/venupakadimowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mackbeks.com/files/file/81203491074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yummyschool.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/risukenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25834214328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613902a5b3f13---mugima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa.hu/editor_up/47508274463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d1391eece3---pojolejoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipforiraq.com/userfiles/files/godalotutunipivejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newdimension.su/userfiles/file/xenevurebuton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a65fa03590---34568640912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargotavio.ru/files/file/rawimufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/27133331471.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_off0000e34e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE34E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB65 11412 bytes
SHA-256: 856c38dfe5ac5ffe241be3f4657188a6f22385c7142d8379da53ca99910e2800
font_02_sfnt_off000115ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115EF 18716 bytes
SHA-256: d89c3e462e5d06d2f25a6aa536b488ec507f9fdadb5b9b8acf6eff85e2805f8e