Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31e55220c159e0bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-06-12 20:41:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: bc727d893a3873a334540dd7f622379c SHA-1: 31314afab46596fdc5802d185540fa9ef4f72c44 SHA-256: 31e55220c159e0bb1eed17e7489d11825c137b5b9bdc1aead2de9ff4ddbec099
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a clipboard-command (paste-and-run) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=two+and+half+men+torrent+magnet PDF link annotation
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc07d48714c---87831446519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cededbd6c95d0a78ce06fc37b5bfa8fb/50347753903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e4bb38710---80639427150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7191gkvf7av85cj4aippqg8hhs/tixezekiwogodidoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovartea.eu/userfiles/files/xokunifupurosov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8011c29ae8---33778781983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/muvafuwotexip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/70144123785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a7cc693fcc1facc5e98a529d5dbb4c5/dabuwedibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d19964819---vibosilediditujelan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/75258567551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/66933536098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e0d9b76c0---88968172081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b59703a8aa7430554bdc1e39e7aec5e9/55336706810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hihhs1gsuaev475t70s3sh0di6/jozuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off00010554.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10554 5184 bytes
SHA-256: 96a3d3ec059eee34bdf31ca3be2b901105ceecc90285dc35e388a2decdc33580
font_01_sfnt_off000116df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116DF 13068 bytes
SHA-256: 1d81148e5ae2a305d307821d7a639ec19a4813fdea00bf6e4f82d46f2803e09d
font_02_sfnt_off000140e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140E7 16076 bytes
SHA-256: 050cca2678d7435c270027ff58d84efa212ea3c5592871ae9bdc0d1e185112d0