Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31f78462ce06d871…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:16:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2e9bc9a474390636ed4229a6c1d892dd SHA-1: 6be2bfd19c5579a8e19aeb72b9ac6c2bfdad1852 SHA-256: 31f78462ce06d871b9f310454befaf092619db2225db8ba98beacda53b8a1b8b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a malicious link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting. The primary goal appears to be directing users to download further malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=physical+pharmaceutics+3rd+semester+notes PDF link annotation
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00935db8d8---33162188953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079755dc69e4---vubamuvovudefude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4j22s3mpfn025vipsfcqqlv1u2/20242988364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anm-av.de/uploads/files/72400488242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3rpt972epgjqpau6o96hp3s93/79251533448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianklein.eu/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72850589812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc8066aaa60---vutam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocamali.com/userfiles/files/xabuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://towa-aaa.jp/userfiles/file/61756070783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.161.111/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55731589730.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0fc0843d2d---paxezegadubalowinuluvom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/voqd67iul7ids5f2us66b7fb32/tirurenaferarukuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/88424501189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emenu.hu/editor_up/senirabawamexadanijesafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3bfc8806f3---naveziketebezuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/56695127796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/befirofotawalupur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071eb2a14eac---86714877379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trufeel.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/uploadfile/files/6407165299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e458uae3oma1pt1i0hb03mkem6/dokepubedolulotabuvuzitol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607410a71895f---fonogefofakoxufukivizodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ffefd5df44---54177838884.pdfIn 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://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_off0000b170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB170 15396 bytes
SHA-256: e347fef8ac8df6758e5a3f28acea54ae51d591fa307ce83ae914e86af3da2ca5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d841.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD841 11168 bytes
SHA-256: 78ddc38a84adf17bbd92924ce22ae0535cce5766ffadad5aa96a1a655eb0061e
font_02_sfnt_off0000f23d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF23D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1