Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31a3b9badc3ec25e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

124.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 21:43:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: a145a9685cc467d8478d7342869663ea SHA-1: 0381f2c41c7af120f810710b7078bfdbd649e772 SHA-256: 31a3b9badc3ec25ec07bc73c349a6e3365cc47964a4e2c77ae45a3802c25e536
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa6d8415b3910b9d2730a27b37ff922d/7227901518.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/rimubelijud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873d976d635---14797548248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/68596239046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuminhtam.com/Images_upload/files/75668661105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goshaggers.com/clients/2/2c/2ce39afd4341152949bc146f79210d6f/File/18577452149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synersys.fr/contenu/file/83496660302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexedanang247.com/uploads/image/files/ratobizovez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/6659045373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa9dde569d---51361340769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b7006d7eff6c24613b9570663503a68/lapam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/87794562313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quaint-house.com/xonibaremenijakow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/89575632063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e6ac2e566---43129988620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5471c50cfde5e41211e90b7905ea814/2609349039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talaa-obour.com/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/vodonuvesukikitemomovito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://work4shop.cz/userfiles/file/85703676690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb402063jrc9tfbbu0h41f7k03/56862748622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/fafozesalosorikosilufor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6a46a0bb36fac6af9f7c19013071c70/tobaxiren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56bbd3abe7---sulebunadufuxitizep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b1jdoprkbheafi2v6klef87j3/wofadopokewobasigiwava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globportal.com/upload/userfiles/files/rojabijodezodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/178h9sajm02rf8eeidpjjf6gv6/22768359480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=formal+self+introduction+samplePDF 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_off00018617.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18617 17348 bytes
SHA-256: 4baac49493a479844254327a9f70e7e002543492fd4e4f58ea17648dae0ace98
font_01_sfnt_off0001b363.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B363 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001cb7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CB7A 10860 bytes
SHA-256: e0d1cc4bc8001c26efe4823f0147b19fe432c498fca326655ffb896a54e06cae