Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31e06933aa7ded9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 09:29:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: a07dac623c16e33bf8665bf5bf4634b2 SHA-1: 4c7a0c741d1d0d384268ac906a1313d69e2512c3 SHA-256: 31e06933aa7ded9f1fce87c5a9b3c2a06c27ed07b7b804a3bd29a4e0f402e89d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristics point towards an attempt to exploit user trust by masquerading as a utility.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cc6a35998---dujabeganesix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://leuphuotcamap.com/uploads/image/files/23945090098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0s3qrqh16ub2vus9r1hfk7a276/rawutivibejariko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/47099037281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wexumexubilusefigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/lizuneborazojosonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d604ca752aa6a799d5176c3c0e7a1fcc/xijamasivavofuveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0h24a2ih1umm3e4hppt0qleqna/rijigowekefirugizomumexif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslag.eu/userfiles/file/88308494540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3314e24847cb24d92cf8c88dc8f4193d/zudafotaxinake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609724332409c---suzoxolokapugowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/futifepunapajuzefavifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17c291aadf2399fc29293838c2c02460/pilanikosal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carsonandchain-ip.com/userfiles/file/jurolewanitapazavuzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075618488af9---badivubinupekukogop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lt101shop.com/userfiles/files/48651363155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elandtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210825_0F9C0F4FD3FC42C4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8033f5ce71d25ac7303f97124a020e3/tevelametufuvofoviwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088240468e7d---senobasixatavatezetino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec910c5e86a44336358b039e4a0bf5f6/22997928999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/tikikiloke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gp5bmavlao54mgruh0rdqce3h0/poluposubuzavepif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcvitamin.com/webroot/img/files/93753768751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7k5unau4bejfoa8i7q5qoojt5/24981334307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d631732f32c---ludufiwasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kukuif9sfejghrcm85smn0dmhs/nesaremavevofarolisowel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161277f16cda6b---zafof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=reduce+size+of+pdf+online+toolPDF 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_off0000fc04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC04 10556 bytes
SHA-256: a935001ae9733441168f80797d2b2653e674b98d1b7298153f1b4acd41c050de
font_01_sfnt_off0001143f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1143F 18028 bytes
SHA-256: ae5322b53fe03006f10a705085d6db3accc4f2341fe6bb296c6d780369831c71
font_02_sfnt_off0001426e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1426E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1