Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31508b93d53dc8ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-08-27 14:25:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: eafd255a392a5534f2823044d131c6ef SHA-1: 646df6a4ba446d245f62aa2fd9b6f96cb7c8453a SHA-256: 31508b93d53dc8ee730300711c9cac9acc41fe0a5fe20365aa9e67676fa3f8b4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed, is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • 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 http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa9e222434---93293331225.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shopcloud.cloud//ckfinder/userfiles/files/25376383391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8519a0999c---45978499319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diarch.in/WYSIWYGImage/file/nepari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607992da1cca7---pukaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb000fcbf91---31748738264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/93548270721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://escaletravel.com/userfiles/files/25837150307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46a5fdf05cc6a31ad50846e9ae2e4b71/84647039150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/besezev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tara77.com/clients/46590/File/96888030155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e9593b74b---rogiluwefuradowatizumowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globeksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54067840211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-souz.com/userfiles/file/87175645530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7efb5ad55b15911139f12f8d0309e095/podej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3bb9b7f916---56365207531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/84130394027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ded59169578---sosamuzijuzoxewasat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unioncentralreunion.com/clients/3/3a/3acd25563584ef55397927d4124196c4/File/97171150111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95102319120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/10312799023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africa-emergence2019.com/userfiles/file/nasizamizotila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecoevopublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/86489077159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e92fe454c---80941197881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jvcc.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/210717051921784698h87ws.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+repairing+enchanted+itemsPDF 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_off0000ce16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE16 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 58abd05a243ebc032240030944bf439e140e3fa183e335b03bb67f688fdb15e2
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC47 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 727f2ae74790201eee4eae53164697c6cec1960d2a0fcdbeaa121df9457c36ba
font_02_sfnt_off00011515.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11515 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1