Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2db31af962fea4e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:56:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3dc3435f3d26b58d0ec4dbffc3a42bd7 SHA-1: 6220a6face20cba2debeb66ff58fe62c27e263f2 SHA-256: 2db31af962fea4e1283cd0bc57585c485436baac031dba8b6255e7caeb223dd0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised websites and potentially malicious PDF files. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect users to further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://sz-nuoyi.com/Upload/file/2021082915521940029.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4f57bb3bbf8d7af88cd00e2be0be287/dasida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.com/file/82363363791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b16f5e8f2583708343653ed6bcbe5dd/fuwafibipijodiwipogim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakotech.at/uploads/ckeditor/files/75270345824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a745575cccf---91447478882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/94036643067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f821f21f83---35833014481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/39273375421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccshecea.org/upload/files/63213149434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//7758156508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktasmatbaacilik.com/resimlerfiles/lawavatedifixasejiwozom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sqc.jp/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/10503559175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b04b55d8ab---49080298139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nusratali.com/userfiles/files/44264932999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xhiehchin.com/Xhieh_News/_file/68561784225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7prldvbbovog6ukujqjk74vd73/21461877437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robotsuk.com/luckingbros.co.uk/userfiles/files/basinuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/8733713007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rakkhunnursinghome.com/user_img/files/57534523268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g6ng2qmgth4050hs0tbv0796cq/gaxuzigiregob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suaups.net/userfiles/file/10742244883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/19748169552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalton-english.com/userfiles/file/64521668806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/jefajogikowefiwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=bates+physical+exam+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000d882.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD882 18300 bytes
SHA-256: 9fbdbc257f189e706f956e96beb5e8560f870ee2d6960b0e148f6765eb2833b4
font_01_sfnt_off00010878.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10878 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001208f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1208F 11240 bytes
SHA-256: 1e2428cf7f0e319c70449f1b6e783bd4df80b64b1d0b0ce70032c135068a337d