Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31a321512d2a4e74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 19:51:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: af20c72ad78258915b30af4f15276782 SHA-1: ba9a4566d3204735cc7bf1157c8e513c631b5034 SHA-256: 31a321512d2a4e74f923427545db4b6caaa824c04e95226d61ce0668fcacbda7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure strongly suggest an attempt to deliver a secondary payload or lead the user to a fraudulent site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a96dd6be60b---37965853619.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://murasakijr.com/uploads/files/56201393735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9e5224dd9---94235386632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/tixekogijezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/94924031472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/29271006654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0dd99cd438---14814438405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2785a2159cee157271ee5f67eba8097/pimegifalavoronuruwomoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/wotofut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/5960253536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houselandia.ru/files/75859368191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleschimmo.lu/userfiles/files/gowulosigemas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f53985add---xaxirufutugofesuneluwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/35000319477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cbs-emballages.com/upload/file/33198713650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/68830157786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/futiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomilano.eu/userfiles/files/48700359188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqskoho5uujmbmloipj6e9iba0/tapudemutufutosilodas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uik1l12kmhnq5889a5jqjvpoto/8813735632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/840abee11fc30e4fc86dd6f21fb6e463/20484389087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/siemcglsufutbpp11vgum98i82/paloxofibelidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qv9rpod9q62462n6bi3bnen9h0/balisepikokaniluxexin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc075df125---lovofotopunubakufuxugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=body+groove+mistyPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001046e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1046E 18368 bytes
SHA-256: e2f46d20658173f138d9c5c470337cd01e92d310244b2b487398efbb1dc73843
font_01_sfnt_off00013487.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13487 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 04188b3e2447269248376d4206979f6113c821884619b475c06f88ec6bf76a24
font_02_sfnt_off00014c56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C56 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00016463.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16463 4108 bytes
SHA-256: 23c1c962d488a9b677f476490264951e6ded65e36383b60aa87f7096c0734700