Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31bd7fc8de299088…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 02:05:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2c377d1b9a0bc36dc482f400b1f73713 SHA-1: dbb60a61ab2d98409a9aee25f7d599c047560c4a SHA-256: 31bd7fc8de29908811de180f7ffe847d786b382c291892035735e7bdfab3189d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple URLs hosted on disposable or compromised domains supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://canvangdientu.com/images/file/38238882867.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d91b333f0045501792cbf263d457800f/fuzufutabotusofetuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789737905c4---84806737354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b848d4c1b192b174b2b70691d9324b7/zixopabovuwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/tonerikupalabana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18117308563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81thmo7s8m54l8f82hb8iehu3e/19135132078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c2ea12d00---52039407082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ogufivubopaxiwomimudoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h960n2s23t2fsmgpclvkvo09et/webutok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebsulmare.com/userfiles/files/pawipojizanatezogamisojax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketdoanbus.com/webroot/img/files/94383457628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3233f484f6cc03fc5a2cd43c77059e10/19578807184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608080eabd88c---42697866127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightningriskassessment.com/ci/userfiles/files/6218925177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e27012c11d---lewezupafodisadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/978067bef1a0edae7d648be130c8ab6c/5117320145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenhungstone.com/uploads/image/files/rowiturabajof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be5b1631e5---85356249370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8dd679b9d1c051736e14cbd30851e8c/67487881303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otczenacts.com/media/files/nifudolezupuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blevy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/febibuxosamata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7o61ba2brs2oq3e76eg0m8lui2/tusitomimuven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=view+open+portsPDF 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_off0000e31f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE31F 10092 bytes
SHA-256: d7da1f13ab35147dd17d8a00b7f3605a3cb7d9cdf5329a9ee77d525fd2d400b5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000111e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111E6 17748 bytes
SHA-256: 8599d492f125c37c28fe6bab7f7190ae7a4188895e37efab2f955a146cd02e26