Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31632ae51fb01f7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 17:52:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a28334b84b429638fa84912871b771a9 SHA-1: 3faca6a421f0e7d2d35a99c3dd391c808650b310 SHA-256: 31632ae51fb01f7ece7e904184de36b062a1749707849f705622a8a488ff2a28
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage trusted domains. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

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.
  • 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 https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b35148d8b8fdf0099ac249beb927f8bd/jojarigukitofalevunux.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3611583844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/jiwimekexumaxolunikuvuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/63827744497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baae6d1e507---topuwuwexeres.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4rpkhftv6otclb82lujgptmd3b/lapatezulelobavumijor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/47892061446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c2601e5c8---siwupojenasodapimopug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f792ca21208a7856d24be50b2bdc6c4b/73713314840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160921d4148d15---sexamopujijexusosubozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aecb36bf52244d2c9f9fb00323253161/losevowevusufivubabiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/zatedabazorat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarauwerdaenzn.nl/userfiles/file/21990782599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82b421082bbf2911d448c9c1929220c1/vibexukaroloxoxudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efea21efe646fd9e753c59df39469e0a/87692710310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/solibotivugonun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkedua.com/contents//files/86901236181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhs1966reunion.com/clients/1/1c/1ca8f1639ee69cd7806809ed3bcda9bb/File/60910830291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21e5sh9fb6ea03jgafa6fuis84/kaxevagejukugepeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/37262295257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/23466129717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gehej975agrqvo9is6iicu3lb1/zisezopepaxomorib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauty-full.ru/uploads/files/gokogadufepeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789ead31f1b---31283997721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=fraction+multiplication+with+variablesPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c401d70581460fb6da5d7742d35d72a/53710003901.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_off0000e8ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8AB 11008 bytes
SHA-256: a0a67d28e6a5821d9aa32ce7b43e9af260d10cc543b7d2acafba31e9762fa6b3
font_01_sfnt_off000101e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E0 17000 bytes
SHA-256: d5030431f14dced3a077d068fa71611c05e25ab535237bd2ce5b07a295f0a7ba
font_02_sfnt_off00012ea8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1