Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 317a20508f07a391…

MALICIOUS

PDF

121.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 22:37:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 44a7628c976159835b11b36dde842639 SHA-1: ed1bbefb6695d33e97d22b2def9d819140c2049a SHA-256: 317a20508f07a3914507d781d4b2f3ac9580e362a5b14de8b49ebcce5acf7abd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains. This suggests the document is designed to act as a link farm, likely redirecting users to phishing sites or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9858

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://nmg.lv/img/uploads/files/23962471510.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7ba9624f14---91575854195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/81500096573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steelfurniturecn.com/d/files/40993922551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/zekofubolipesuduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dogathermalhotel.com/resimler/files/govezasajiworotuwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dd4ff1e2610d36e1d4915ab7d6b9c78/54055515567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53080380666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608321b3d2567---31634184885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4squebec.com/clients/f/f5/f58105ca183540932673f5bf18e62671/File/43758843409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c594639954---bujuxoxodevakatojaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcc8f9c9a4695bf4b4fa4eb68d381d32/4789937673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/579d26b37819bbf843282743f17a5b6b/bijutorogawapafad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788825a442d---fowevenusedijamobat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telewebmarketing.com/FCKeditor/file/76234737490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa4b1d2b0a69e05e10fe2415e4a46960/gomebenubilipitakojepije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://candbco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18357398782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhongzg.com/d/files/tesitozewapenet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digimaap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g2dou23d88s33tpq2km9h71m8t/lewemoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4c303c3e953a5d12c9d0dbddb620abe/nuzapasojed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raczcsalad.hu/files/bugugolovafofuzesixojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a0c4813de---vujururi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/23233767980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820abaa3559---pivov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9bc44cbe69dca81e27708204a07930d/80286679529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ada05a74857---kilok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=tca+drugs+mechanism+of+actionPDF 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_off00017599.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17599 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 6e6e593a8ed6bd54360cb0070817b63d1894e39bd40fb55fcc6b3f46c92cf636
font_01_sfnt_off00018ea2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18EA2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001a6b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A6B4 18820 bytes
SHA-256: 04a5f17261a41d306b67ed73c8bd7556056aff0c195a12a1b5a3f138b7c2b1b5