Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31ae1ecfff653245…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:07:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 3f7c58b860a298518179678553029afa SHA-1: a8e372de054af26f9a5924cc3b0d7ca373a13bcf SHA-256: 31ae1ecfff653245d9d9162429c85c585a4f57cc5d8883a22ce14b9a30926e19
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+photoshop+converter+free+online PDF link annotation
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e055c54e8---riludupada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a58798c6f9a7db806d9c281f1f1b8e83/65619306941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/wisututanozed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesfeesdelhetre.fr/upload/files/53882758017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/16543169515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f7f738a8b---83356784419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc6f35be520---29864290316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magdrywall.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/nevalapoxibow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d66da340fb2178d8a512ba72958f5c8/kopezejomeritujesisow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkirbilaw.com/userfiles/files/xijavobisadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c3095e74e34fc1620934cd22d2055d8/72716005616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85f430fa8ac84358996273a236c042a1/98463352563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82e0025b21a71fb317d5c9558f916093/suwowidamiwewizivopujape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giprozdraw.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94635919785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5ea5518f1af0503146ef06726b365be/8396090355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a3a1373ad1---dezudofuluve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16834f7f84acef02ef3a2d488d89199a/497351827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607010ead60a5---10462157906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c06a4a349ff---61050359540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaragozalawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/89359491318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vayamcs.com/content_files/files/bibukidedisivisowitodamox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heryeryesil.com/resimlerfiles/16132164182.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_off0000dd31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f548.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF548 10620 bytes
SHA-256: b786fc3d5aae4fdb490220ced66618fbca896c2a6110afd441a54a057dddb92e
font_02_sfnt_off00010d7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7C 18004 bytes
SHA-256: 32da6abe089bfbb6b818b09bd189496f77da5148c0c5cbf7f140dc27c0e067d3