Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31888cbf5e8f8d54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:17:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9791b50a3f7433f244641d3dea6f51dd SHA-1: bd79f6472f24cf6be97a709ee32cf9e6e65cb84b SHA-256: 31888cbf5e8f8d548dff725d9d8bc38a278d1258488296ac6e9ffa6b366d32c4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This pattern suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the structure of the PDF and its embedded links are indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c633e13bf2f---94946199173.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kingkady.com/uploadfile/files/77313720372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e317b9970d7---31119831504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797a2bdad6f---jesupirabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qvssrae8jroi3jp5j5jkh9tpg4/52688757478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fhhsclassof70.com/clients/4/42/42ce21dc30e429aa976ba070b22ccf93/File/86067802523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02a84aa2756e1eab197688ffba820927/73570600454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonlegacy.org/clients/61515/File/timimimuxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff546d1e6e---varikubawepelaneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/xetipegewimoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909fca37d38---64132056484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52f2ca930d328e6854dd5dd6226a4de7/84245823746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0898.com/userfiles/file/20210729163014_1gorun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rbj3sdvd410duahtcqfcdrjd25/ratusedawisiwenubudutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c84380430a---54827596425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscartridge.com/pic/ziwugazaratinevivasuxide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaas.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/loguxofasafibojanikef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyerstitleescrow.com/clients/9/9b/9b7cfcecb5e5abb6b877b2b1d59b4eb1/File/31714029541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/diferijepederukij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa0b3d1449---wiluzanuwamosuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/64408249686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzwigipoznan.pl/userfiles/file/kopaxamaforatapamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/17246038614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=when+you+have+a+miscarriage+what+comes+outPDF 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_off0000da5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA5B 10988 bytes
SHA-256: ccbb6cd968c661fdef89b653bf5e68161a8677ab865e1504bc3a018a538a67e5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3CD 17456 bytes
SHA-256: f86574d2a75f7100ac34bbbffaf88987b5c258b49e1f3d010979dc1ddb8fb197
font_02_sfnt_off0001211b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1211B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1