Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31b6361e02bbbde5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 20:01:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e518da8cdf4fa019ec12e2432121b8a5 SHA-1: 591d7002756f80669a9e5348b572a1898eeef336 SHA-256: 31b6361e02bbbde5a65a7365f274005c068663ec3f326a73522917393b79b3d0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this phishing-like attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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.
  • 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://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/22393803225.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tramhuonghanoi.vn/upload/files/punux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelharmika.com/assets/userfiles/files/favaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pacautomarketing.com/file/mazuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gasasosong.com/upload/fckeditor/file/fexugugiwiwerufavebotiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drumlockingclamp.com/FCK_Editor_Images/files/fosulamuvopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhstroi.by/uploads/files/71120050384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cicm2015.mist.ac.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pisuwerutafuxidozuposa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135f5b285b1a---zoduvajokebuxozujupofat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euronet.stonavka.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61804884484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tokyomagic.jp/images/library/File/ranefiforopidobomejow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corpeverest.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mojimiriril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85977280485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pp-aqua.com/userfiles/files/19399453425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145b0e958124---tegesulajiwozaminazekof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexprikson.com/admin/style/images/userfiles/file/neperegemedogeravodeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/62336729795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liderzy.natura2000.pl/imgturysta/files/moburibitomir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtravel.clickis.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_4FD0BA4FE5A4B3E0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aap0abfiql8h.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/morema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1u6efc4scm6dq4gash85fpae72/86527170183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/jererawusazozavudug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/dumabituganageki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=xbox+360+controller+emulator+apkPDF 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_off0000dc70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f487.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF487 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 4e389b671e7471e5023d23766645573ab361f0fb8ae04317c465c93091f13717
font_02_sfnt_off00010e7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E7F 17304 bytes
SHA-256: 1f5e6a0ec0e5f53ca50b5fd4c67aaa6a25073d073f8507bdacbbfc864a482761