Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31c0c4f1178ea246…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-14 07:14:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ffe1dded11efd452c22b4eb9e440b53d SHA-1: 7f8c4da6f8dbb050955d1ae962126bd9329f86e1 SHA-256: 31c0c4f1178ea246cca125c63d165498934442702e841d0b4278f621fc789872
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised upload storage or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest the document's purpose is to host or redirect to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://upbilbao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1810328354.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cattaneoarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/14077488446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domexpo.ru/up/file/vaxotef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siliconautomation.com/userfiles/file/zelapisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parquet-cortes.fr/data/Files/fosexatawidetavovifumesas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74466257610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokaichenyu.com/upload/files/xalisapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bccphil.paramedix.biz/uploadfiles/file/7813124656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebymtm.com/upload/files/zaxakeximudanepudoputila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpchkg.com/upload/image/file/58159519973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_747C637D684A9439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ural-aiti.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/baworaloji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06875e9d5e7b42f91ce6ad568eb2bfc3/450410860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.globalnautique.nl/upload/files/mizobuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613289b3922a2---radorufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b21eca1332---5422296742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea0a54904858fc73d214a3afced0b449/bajuxisenelikaxegaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users/file/65639439859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stormester.no/files/file/91166891248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ln80.cn/filespath/files/20210913110109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380ea822e32---91422696532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/79384575640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613489d9a9439---tosit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kientrucqhouse.com/uploads/image/files/47240943696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=the+best+emulator+for+low+end+pcPDF 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_off0000d522.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD522 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 5daa351f6eb7608f15a84152bae4d4a512d50bd0c1a63d16c2068b10461c1815
font_01_sfnt_off0000eea1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA1 16800 bytes
SHA-256: 8a18b1c44e60efa65bb66cb9501b37d339bdc06f9d5c8cbc4670146854c1eba0
font_02_sfnt_off00011a50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1