Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 313a8bdeeea3794e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-22 19:41:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5af71c2e7c2425ada69310c17818b0b1 SHA-1: 4e1bb3ad60559b32be03e110db53b8d40bb25048 SHA-256: 313a8bdeeea3794ef2ad8a99baeee6df918fe68a409e5aacd0b2546f237010f4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, identified as a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160999823f0c53---faxisinesakaresox.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e32d13d1515877030f42a1304ba71559/zutetonuzaxisoxisovepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a523971ce77---judizilunorisar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai-guesthouse-chiangmai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wusuzakiberage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadernictvo-svetlana.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/pexuwakevejabanigetinuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/53190196439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd719e2c97fce97053185cd7c447f507/23217366627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/3233890051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nribi75683egri46pi4f0tqaqf/fipetipoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e41f835d7---85789004607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dilipprabhavalkar.com/images/file/guvuvewonoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logistiekverbeteren.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25375988918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68757d53d324c266c49fc7d1ec54c674/xoramivosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10c9a09c38---ziwiwiwezibovalefibajawim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080626adf13c---23351333530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okuninka-biale.pl/userfiles/file/sulegokopurokuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents//files/28544267239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c04c4c4b824---rasak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095be8de9639---99247940685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dubomirafomuwufosaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowator-zpu.pl/userfiles/file/632523752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gotgss3hnv2bcuqo0mscoj8moe/43484436154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/luxapapurosiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-harmonics.com/upload/files/66086555356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2kc6t8hrrad9h4i4lfeljtt7c/36248296304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=1970s+opm+hit+songs+listPDF 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_off000101d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101D0 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 7dba9d68b69840205a69f0819e727517b5ab95334b2ce50885f9411d19d0c00b
font_01_sfnt_off000119db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131ED 17700 bytes
SHA-256: 71dc838151671c2245aa1cadff0645055c08f5edd2f16115e77325f36d79931a