Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31672d9f92be81ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-08-08 08:28:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9791b90267b876effe961bb03220cf41 SHA-1: 0665315c12aa445d5ae83a76a39621b6388eec58 SHA-256: 31672d9f92be81ca9d3a0c80f7368e729e978d222d9cba57b041a8f3416784b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are characteristic of phishing or malware distribution lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6bea29cee4---30257861044.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/vobewarenodanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mides.vn/images/ckeditor/files/90087344830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sce.tw/uploads/files/61083d5aa2e2a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kzlo.pl/fotki/fotki/file/rukisojajifirinomev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a7ccd543a---93578047622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/37594955526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/peviwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/fefiraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66881496798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/49904389602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/fotix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/80351961100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c88d05371f---15717561683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af8d10b45df2ab9d7c67e760d806cbfa/widerikemalofuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettyloupaints.com/userfiles/files/vawaxukiregaxatitotunale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ferm-matic.fr/upload/file/keruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d93137a50---xerorilogud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voxel-avocats.fr/uploads/file/60475659900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/zukewivegokevugesuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/taviboleziridisiwogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfec2558bb77d216b163307b399cfad9/60884202808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de5f67b152---ziberunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+paper+tray+on+canon+mx922PDF 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_off0000e04e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE04E 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 7f460d1813d988dca4b13f1d73aff386797ad9de95b1cb5561d4a27f87056743
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA24 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 7565955aad6b847b7e08a505ce26d05996d281f7045565ef64ede1da988a6bd9
font_02_sfnt_off0001267d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1267D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1