Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31a0d152990f1a73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:06:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b90a01645b8793d91bd1d7bb95d3abc0 SHA-1: c0473e842e58a6914e6e423b566bcc4e714795f7 SHA-256: 31a0d152990f1a7331cacbf261f50991e0dba457e0685d4eb72f964db5e0df8b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the presence of link farms pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+your+favourite+colour+say+about+you+quiz PDF link annotation
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/672dd18vig8h5guvpci7sodk8k/pisupejimutarumujuzaseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/814890f20935ba71a714b95bacabe52a/jituvusujupojenon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/05/file/202105250131314139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab3437493b1---nisoxaxesudiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mszukam.pl/dat//file/23235452484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2kdug23u7tqp4h1j26l1uvbr75/fasajegerojigixijud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608619859633c---6570691258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2914a21d5e---zijojodusarigujoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/pakesudepufev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/kederesidepixojawuraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/gofimurepamipojoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jobtiara.com/files/files/61246232728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image/files/kunib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c74c6eb7d65c72893c5ba5054e3f3285/24597093153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlapcongtykiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/pigoniworelune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genimmigration.com/viking1/uploads/files/64787367636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/39065813951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irina-beha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47309823477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cqc-material.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/zubesakedatefusur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/dulekonujosoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c058889a28---kerinef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://live-lessons.net/lcj/web/uploads/assets/file/jezobugeretoxogorukezexaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alicekhenrylawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/detosuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://99hospitalitygroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mugesutewurabajad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/lakozupebanutimetinesipe.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_off00010160.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10160 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 511db0247cefc66da2df8a5749c04199a381dca9b89f9e3a13cbd0cef9158f78
font_01_sfnt_off00011b40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013352.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13352 18748 bytes
SHA-256: 0fd8808bff7b7b869c3a08700bc94ab6e74fce5e5ac4b04f848bee67b908d254