Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31d941160725e27f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-07-01 00:25:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 7e033c41817f2e7fe277c616b704f2ff SHA-1: 1733f6107605d316a011223b455b815cac3779b2 SHA-256: 31d941160725e27f09b57be773694677c0c842b659df89a01b99855f9b759ccd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure as a link farm suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa16eaffac---nutolomiwavivifa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--2vxr09c6mc.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/mojavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/xusagisesomegaripusijogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c6f9e3e3a68dd28f3a88cbe85e6615c/21086698712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/bazofozifofedasupej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotstamping.pl/files/file/wenegavupupaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b4a099fbb---sekedavaseri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202104282108117293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hin5db27cdg80cu35lk3jahin3/77686632173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fmd2pd1uf94df0p8d7at5b1ha3/texigazewigewuliraka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1om9ooomd3hq1sapa65oiqq9c5/witigobuxaseforokuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ac216bb35---22696197044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801bcf9593a---4635390460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qe9dfnpj275avu6b2ih2743gs/kekimudezulajok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cdce8d9f4---loxuwugotokizadejasij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/83573425000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5b58d3d1c42a35bae779e565d6ec89d/27668672219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v23iqacj0tnqkuqniu5ndsf4dm/vajoxatisajex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46312881d830aea5108cd3ff0cbd2995/wozuxafevif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfcea46f5fed9dfda73c8a13eb09aa05/bilobowisubofesimizukisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.fr/userfiles/file/72041541132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urjabatteries.in/userfiles/file/95002832709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helder-effect.nl/userfiles/file/tolenodalom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=lord+nelson+pubPDF 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_off0000caea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAEA 10228 bytes
SHA-256: c5ecd09721957e97d77a15034d3d87447cfa8d06a66271ad86eaa5b1b993b0ab
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9C6 16564 bytes
SHA-256: 216a4baf7d9b4b7b84f41effdd1dc7b6ddc173dc0d03e17d3bfe634037db5194