Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31873dc090f1c7c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

143.4 KB Created: 2021-08-30 12:06:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c8169a0ac76bee98227b525cd315a2ed SHA-1: aadfa35062de5ca3f16ea3319de48f68278f1d24 SHA-256: 31873dc090f1c7c7fc3f0d9f31450a6e65a1aa87f71a9451088cc85d6f6890fe
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the final destination, likely a phishing page or malware download server.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://tw-go.org/files/mifovabujexifamab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mefefowaripepeberevajugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f7d27545e---diwasareme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c16822f2c58---60072965153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c20558aaeee---zasubolawax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seabeachthailand.com/UserFiles/file/37319991350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konberdbio.com/upload/files/22338369217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sindafaz.com.br/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tufowetaxavif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7774ko7vtdp0vcnd0ugq6ucmd7/dowoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-19/20210819232515621842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indexone.ru/upload/file/lixovil.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/nedonajaxi.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/rodexirajeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brianhigbielaw.com/UserFiles/file/laragifebasekiropevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fec2d3bdb1---rexerujojudalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/pogukorusinov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d59be84ee9---78769603956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609dd90e885cb---nofolerol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecaae05a8880b1d4e1717367bd9a0ccc/pefazalugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2912m04ep6i2mupatsjdij83j7/rubabasudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121a1b62e8bb---nunenabavoridowifukuxize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/rugexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c050b523824947cb68d0cb6bbf0d58a9/23363423758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-19/In macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=ca+ligament+releasePDF 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_off0001c956.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C956 10360 bytes
SHA-256: aba3e8bc981499deb194ce2e36a03876e914e6890b015970e64d38a894455c93
font_01_sfnt_off0001e0b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E0B7 20424 bytes
SHA-256: 0b32f77d271a1cef3a66af5bf490ad09de03b4595d0eb776cccebde5428ffbba
font_02_sfnt_off00021618.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21618 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1