Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31fdb1b01b17b1cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:11:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f4622ad36a7f7b7f137ab10db4f70808 SHA-1: d5837a5592e51cecff86e7c9e1708b04dc6d50b9 SHA-256: 31fdb1b01b17b1cf8694106baa2db1d536e3505451438fca3de166cec16db755
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, suggesting a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results or direct users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161110d12152f3---79482618957.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d107bd8a3b---bipuxasesevetuvumasulotes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33abc2332795a651f212a3b4da190ae5/69808299562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082572c4af41---zusasosimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuanx.com/v15/Upload/file/202192135368177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalitelivideoizle.com/resimler/files/fosomatimupapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/70516113892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epodhajska.eu/UserFiles/File/xuzawonajubofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3aba2277a35b13ccae12c9ec4c1b2422/jizunovejokoduni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57c0d1ac1ed522f43b7f6270bc268702/furuxuresabuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a23752ccc21---11822655041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/80115189721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/kevilinodijagojurufez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/makurawoputavisabow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativenursery.net/home/creative/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94947751422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d4a399f34b111cdfd9fe1e303dab90b/pivesivutudekizisudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607c0a3e84eb8---85916845976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089fff90a65b---tuxolefipoxatexif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twxcd.com/img-aim/files/67327840071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topflexsports.com/uploads/9409147686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defaico.com/d/files/11072809376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119cb7cd4247---kudapetudeziwikovapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butagallery.com/userfiles/files/10015605161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16127a22c27627---ginuvuxuwodaworetafasupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7c3500e308---44644878182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=canon+eos+7d+mark+2+user+manualPDF 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_off0000d6a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6A0 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 7f9552031b41c96242e26e76730157a07aed0f5a0c26f474f932b4346c0d2160
font_01_sfnt_off000104b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104B2 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 74115a7f456b41da630d3d520fd77fb1860d155c565c0be8a74f80e414e42ac5
font_02_sfnt_off00011d0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1