Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31b414249b3986a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:24:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 600b391c00f9e90e50bf849cac3b3e0c SHA-1: 6bf6c647d6e72d2e6e10590bedd0cf26efe369f1 SHA-256: 31b414249b3986a308f5b7c09f2d36170a935e11c4f616697e23cc8d0d713e7e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=math+worksheets+for+4th+grade+division PDF link annotation
    • https://hagabb.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34350703222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tourpon.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210616_21C053EBD546622E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaintik.org/files/galeria/files/63914639029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/66585358778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9722787473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab39e689218---gesagarigavewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/22601796315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/77455305557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/71763744348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vkgnassociates.com/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/9780386747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b48020f208---sejilumugog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovecollection.com/royal/admin/images/products/file/vututugadafazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed4362ecf049de66f9b6d2c946127293/dodabubapebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jis92bkdcqcvil0h4ru4js61v/97011981293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3c7e433e384e2e7b3902061731b8209/mokiwegilugomojipusazazim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o679bfrk4r64po11slam830510/33554350901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenit-npk.ru/files/file/63425309644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cc10c78000c5df8f01e7e36fe1122d3/93252493917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badoza.net/userfiles/file/66142204839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xatrbio.com/userfiles/file/nawenesafukulejawat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wtmongolia.com/materials/file/16288079784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doina.md/fckeditorfiles/file/10262055568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaatkinson.com/userimages/50794527071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piotrkowska77.pl/zdjeciafile/75923065318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/91073149951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607240a30b840---38013879822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fjdf51cq4k0g894kekvr9v6og/fuzemakoboxeturisunif.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_off0000bda2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDA2 10900 bytes
SHA-256: eeef649b930abc815732e3ca268d499e55fe207356282c4b156e8a2f279bed27
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6C2 16564 bytes
SHA-256: 0758d0e9e68f43dda3115e05811472c228b4245a13cc50e3c34b00dd805f966c
font_02_sfnt_off0001018b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1018B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1