Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31b2b09f3532ac53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-30 23:49:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: d34ef5a60577994f5acbaa1f3dbf7543 SHA-1: edb0bad2c2b13764400eb0f8148d1c93de6b4d7f SHA-256: 31b2b09f3532ac53d17bdc1474a171771561f206ba40ddbc4cb4f272533466ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or redirect users to phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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 http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-25/20210625201839852975.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed77ed58cc---15839775121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf63ed6826e---vepofiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbc690e2841c0a5f1a2dab37e069e989/77512903924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siam-royal-view.ru/data/files/55925572179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16aab9e7e64462750014521ffa55a355/koburokunef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e61d64208b9b88a108b5dfcbf49fc3c/nujixipusab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/177d4530cbad9eacc2a83fedada503cf/65534806199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d4903f4cb---4068422344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dafb7e1e856---sowugorokolosefapuxoxavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amongelite.com/ci/userfiles/files/14658964899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/rafekevaworefuwexawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutscher-customs.de/gfx/userfiles/files/tuxususadanajatusugebug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da0996733328e16d16543d1b297202d4/36816208045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hy-concrete.ru/d/files/fesojowojonenezepigiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/51392665946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iqlacpro.vn/emotive/upload/files/29382484900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaihotelsale.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210609_466455A8B9F466A7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gowowdeli.com/uploads/files/10775668251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamtomchabahai.com/uploads/files/files/nugagaletevilalipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2fd6023c26---lijolitabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f5eafb2d59---98533915711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/131e2d77a1fea38e20a470ef8a360666/32544502989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56356554790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=pursuit+meaning+in+tamilPDF 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_off0000d37b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD37B 22692 bytes
SHA-256: 5bf4701b74a5ce4ef1858d5857233082057e1d434a0ddd5348873158787e6978
font_01_sfnt_off00010c08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001241f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1241F 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 839a5a89c76cebd115caafe4a04f995962711732b02f2c3db448a2efa96b6b3d