Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 311f42e144c94a2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-05 14:12:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e9ac8416cc4e5f07ad996500c8215ad2 SHA-1: 0f8e2f03f0e7c485a75e4a03ec7fda4c52a70877 SHA-256: 311f42e144c94a2e291fca50fe5162e2fe820bd2ee86f8bb8cd12f26e5b9c27b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+learn+python+easily+quora PDF link annotation
    • https://slezanie.eu/userfiles/file/tajotolawebiligitofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/92993521748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipiland.net/upload/file/palorivofopiwivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fa-vietnam.com/webroot/img/files/vonosidakoteli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/3556106962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d98ca4d2e388d20a9f3fb8c21db84486/43081999075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteotels.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/93436801008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f968765bfbb993be470dbd46f0ec6c9f/soxitulumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095fe322a649---72235144241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/47789536858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e5e8ebb16---99626819577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/zitivawijexiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/065a5f0d05debd40b7b10db90c328d06/67107032361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.xn--kpry57d/upload/actfiles/5389649806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c978439b45---61345150727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gandolfiarchitetti.com/userfiles/files/33145891614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947aea1ce19---22756508957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8ce95d5c38---3776100769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/3713150920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d58f61792---nasijunanimujenugidifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a48bd2f5d---4435261082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4jkk0nq4opo60725id9kcn4j7g/lolepatuwolunuvereg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61a6ce353ea1f80b421ba248ae84d876/metefigulugabixali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/viporuripozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santamariamikado.com/uploads/files/lepesorepidowoxopipox.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_off0000f23b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF23B 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 81240199a34d3761cf882c128b01e8f5513c804170135f098ee2202880e326ab
font_01_sfnt_off00010b04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B04 16960 bytes
SHA-256: 47ca78f482798925df4634be30b946857387f2a1bf5ce013500fe59de5f64350
font_02_sfnt_off0001378c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1378C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1