Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc4f6dd4e47ee87d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.7 KB Created: 2021-07-06 04:58:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: efd55654f0b3077c5033757183d330ec SHA-1: c191e9d7d83389399a6aaa44a6d8d773606c6de9 SHA-256: fc4f6dd4e47ee87dd824a4770ec88480f44b5465deada47eacfecb6c95b230fe
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The heuristic 'SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE' indicates the document instructs the user to copy and paste content into a command-line interface, a common technique to trick users into executing malicious commands. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggest a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9898

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/lerejikotajozukunif.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ba6a5d73c39b287101b4b7712ea938b/selepakinew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28b10b834caa2cfc9d4c160b4b96c3f0/59467107000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8cfd99313f4e2973c6e508d3fcde64d/62410251747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c59488c7b07---fidajit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770df64e97e---73332562219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/pemetisori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9a2627c3ea422cc30ca31ce7608d22d/xovomajunadejejuzavizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j2ftnaetkks5608ocmgkvs3f12/bivawapamenesafig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/muvvbfiamtep4r7h622d2t99s4/89241420239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb8e4d37e58---75553025516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbefbd4661e---17840644523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/kugukapadenemebevesevuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrjok.com/uploadfile/file/98755201358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/495ebe47b039e3ac7b5f27120ed4452d/xilusakatipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4dbe42cb48---nipozidon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g2iv81au0ef3vifh4c766lam15/tolupinojosakezumitilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730fe508d01---wewepuxasolemevomola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25klchgkv2q6sq02mkioc4v393/xujirewes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/ruzipuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1352167993b4009dab8e608f609997f3/lesabenirapemebimuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838458a5518---kalof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/sowasezuvixedulasabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+convert+pdf+file+to+excel+in+windows+10PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001123f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1123F 17324 bytes
SHA-256: dd2d550580888fdd63da913f054f8e36d2d95e1f125bf7f81aa7567b10acbe88
font_01_sfnt_off00013f67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F67 1696 bytes
SHA-256: 18d4e792ecce3f905fa2ab451ccfd49c5848bf831e68a40b7d1f99915d932e98
font_02_sfnt_off0001477e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1477E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00015f95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F95 10872 bytes
SHA-256: a3666c875d4da72cb91a114f00021730704821a5e5e224e9c18ffff1dd329948