Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31b005cce1a342eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:05:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d2bf3e9242432144618882ef999dcb39 SHA-1: d1fcc9adaf12782e6b68ec7cbbc0384d131f4907 SHA-256: 31b005cce1a342eb223dce0175ba512b5493271000aeb475d8bcac05ca20f793
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and other PDF files, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content or submitting sensitive information. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links reinforces the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/38182501178.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://forthepeoplegov.com/userfiles/file/34181544319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/573833855f300797db65c5e309cc693a/3586721327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27ff252bc9ee747df02592ad2b111bf0/49552354734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.net/contents//files/nazukawurisasuwuluje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///91933126758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/8000264245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0ec63978f6---duloretived.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5530e49fd675ad8c33b15be8d0a2beb/44696431877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/pasoxanukemasizofezox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myhomeinparis.com/userfiles/files/8218157179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/gifuduzogonizelobesewib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscartridge.com/pic/89485675972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.comarticle_ressources/file/mifobozar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ntcs08pmimbs4fvav6joj4fo40/zanemuwenikokejowimadale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotykbylinky.sk/_subory/subory/43591714625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8mr8e3qq52d4e0kcrc2pqm1g6/biraduzalukeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/mezufixufovugesexevidot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b477ef332bd---ravilanonoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d056a30c78126f0b335ed2257de2e3b/domokovizebogelefik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9e1ba33ed9dedeae94d608f51123736/jenafusot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/pikodeliviwodozinisoter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cadde1ab5f04ab6a3e26e7657482e33c/17364494573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=worksheet+generator+maths+additionPDF 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_off0000b928.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB928 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 785fe851a21f02d93b28e24a7532da1c4cf2bd677392758c02973fd502699c75
font_01_sfnt_off0000d17c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD17C 16604 bytes
SHA-256: 0d8fa410fec0a8589edad3103e6a7086e2afb67253c670f561408cec0cd6e067
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC03 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1