Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31ae4243606c72bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-08-12 19:58:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: d407f14f0d8a11e77c19db1259530847 SHA-1: b2bab155fab3eb9a87a61ceb8682278b3ca6ac54 SHA-256: 31ae4243606c72bcef2d976fb6d21098e61de472225a401235199bd8fc572fed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a deceptive user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • 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 http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b4110f7fa---nemiwovumebedaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/peliwebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/forudovirota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa8d2154973b5811ac4301fc2ad90c41/64222450886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergytaekwondo.com/click2buy_newp/userfiles/file/jatufuzada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087243befae0---rutafil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atol-res.pl/uploads/file/9960446469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca96a9b79b---nexepodujudisebexifod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161100adbb544c---16992285722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddaengshop.com/ckupload/files/86079010444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5201c42bc---vifitigomoviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokobrunnen.com/idata/kulopegudipig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608845022f761---subuligular.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shippingengineering.com/files/ckeditorothers/13896809526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/42254884881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/37658302166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d31228f1dd---70452960666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongtienlamnghiep.com/upload/file/74609642203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolecasetta.it/userfiles/files/75482971388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenmobile.in/jaipriyart/uploads/files/rufida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090256ccd3d9---45556168104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kengosushionlineorder.com/uploads/files/kopekikikibamumibade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795ff6d222e---nipida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a8d5a73375df73fb63c4c3d7a9b66b3/30951000772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-14/20210614180951231008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=atomic+statistics+chart+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off0000f175.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF175 18680 bytes
SHA-256: 91bd2e7e81a902eb19e9221fa500c3d3f6276838ffbc6bc0bccebe12822d33df
font_01_sfnt_off00012277.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12277 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A8E 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 194552183999a9403eb7f033d16d21dc145f4ab7f0ddfa02539118d2616a7c6f