Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31f64481753ca609…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 03:00:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 08dbec4293621ffb7c55ae873e3273ab SHA-1: b85dd075193081d47082b4d3ba7e9083d3d577d7 SHA-256: 31f64481753ca60941573ac3a57f5f3b5911dc4c4eee228bab6dd3bd3ff8fb81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, the document features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute further malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://fishtech.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/30701480736.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kocarbon.vn/luutru/files/44636752101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coverline.ro/userfiles/file/30319844549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wx-test.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109190003592886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://middletonchambers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56127903570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/63783030761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0387bdd35---lekulezaxaxuferujenavoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escuelasfutbol8.com/docs/files/74007962029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/68281305572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boracayg.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210918_FB946A5750CB5172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiamelchior.it/images/file/godewetidemaworupekosum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liluby.com/upload/file/jukoruwenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021090407494374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfoodntea.com/dataroom/file/fedadiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkindenetim.com/resimler/files/vatadume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24hnbc.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/lijiveka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teacherandtraining.com/coj_u/KK/userfiles/files/rigavejopolelinetodexojif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isitekmuhendislik.com/userfiles/file/77361208313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed7974f2871dae9b4265d21dbcb13824/77238755025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robedecreateur.com/img/files/fagidekawuwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143cb76a3346---zeparozuvin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top-rubber.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/genusenumonomagid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b9376b4f7---54461893541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sadiqandsons.com/userfiles/files/47820499326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/vekafawonepiderifeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=ibis+paint+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000c528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC528 17140 bytes
SHA-256: b6435c5ac68c2bd360353b92e7fb52c8eb391b12ef74c3b45858f6a51d234e4f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f137.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF137 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001094e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1094E 10420 bytes
SHA-256: e6ff07f3d570c512e20ecd87bed179574e216b7bf499fdad6c80f3ddd7791228