Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31ce2bf401b9d1a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-08-03 03:20:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8ad8348d36e03f28a85ae7de4d33b7db SHA-1: 37329de4e25666b99e56b3575b1748017fa3cb0b SHA-256: 31ce2bf401b9d1a3419a4a8132268980f18f61949f17c628a1dcf37c3c169a16
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to facilitate further exploitation or redirection. The link farm structure indicates a tactic to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially leverage SEO poisoning or compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080be7041774---89537285532.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gangnampools.com/contents//files/10966022127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbef70c7b0---70106058500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megaprestige.ru/uploads/files/bifotij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607845478c6c1---begovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/61075497172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/4001761714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abcb21b6d58---67881271779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xulynuocphangiathinh.vn/images/pic/file/kipepupimoxukorapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebdaatcoop.com/userfiles/files/53495604442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealskinz.ru/files/file/fujilutovazezog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rinareva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae30929c0602765b0280257b42217739/86152689291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wizzfizz.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wanaxixekapoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c14e1be92---94480674494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/91872840496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ee39f5e20ef87d411ff5a19f7462fd0/wuvoviligililosatujuzabuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30c2ef00822f4b7c958377ce170c21ea/36969839575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcdpkrp1eqjasd49t8sraujs17/28565374568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a477f82fac2---perufador.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69906994846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b768c1ad0822fe89bf88f667bdbcf60/nuzaxofuxafiwurafalux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.winsum.frl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41739796168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsteelstock.com/d/files/fulutekomupesevubalameruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=manual+tp+link+extender+ac1750PDF 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_off0000ed1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED1D 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 33fe005080afc113e88677cfae83df3f7701cf2114567b5f3184b65dc725feca
font_01_sfnt_off0001066f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1066F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E81 16692 bytes
SHA-256: 72dc78835fc2ee07ca1650dddab95ebc0b667641e59b559e00804cda325ff27e