Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31b05a9fc65601c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 05:59:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 7e34e6e1e99b400eab92e29aa5d6b53f SHA-1: b0c784763bd6fed57906327db58435a7c743108a SHA-256: 31b05a9fc65601c9be98115f09997eb0db6123940557f18dd70509b4a5177561
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness, specifically phishing. The embedded JavaScript and link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=eight+and+sand+bourbon PDF link annotation
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50541fe73ded0d287188916cf02d9da9/wonasenuvukivov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.org/files/files/nezimekajamuperuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bdd08e1de0---54430261979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/nilikimorujiwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/pefoxitefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d0227971a---katiximovutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb1d026055---sifoxukopexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival-bg.com/media/ckuploads/files/86820783378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd742c5d4550f5bee954c7e809927e1d/dutipenoduzowerapoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c915566186---dudisezesilemawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/26744347797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160b079d772787---vuwekoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c37793a30f7---55063260227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc73b34a43---39755654602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7041f996eb---lixotiruteleku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083fd2280ce8---dulazef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6348815a69---sedogemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087dc7bd15ce---bifilepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/77435007079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95964bce3e---37736493367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb0027bda39---41394119898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i95pchv082062oakkcrb0ani3b/rovozuraserog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/sibuwoxojapononuzuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhshf.de/File/52090261280.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_off00010427.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10427 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011c3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C3E 10572 bytes
SHA-256: dcfe2cd2b2bf77e175443779c921179ec4f4b15838bc028465b367714081d1a3
font_02_sfnt_off00013406.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13406 17756 bytes
SHA-256: da52e33641a4de643a692a93fd487ad64ce8e01c234a68f5c464e3d09538e091