Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f31a5e420df887b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 14:17:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a40c5bc30245abb1cce72236806fa2ae SHA-1: 2139d18e7be104b2480228e6dbb12bddc0dd0b97 SHA-256: 3f31a5e420df887b5cf54b9cbaf7b4b3e5c75d6e915ab4a645f650038878c3d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or exploit vulnerabilities. The presence of multiple links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/gubarepefigenada.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/89163573893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef18a63ce0---bugixavuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dkt4joarvrc61j6dnp5jti9jfn/21357539221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/18600471779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushikyototogo.com/uploads/files/tabubapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mu1536cvte8jk8bukuafuak27u/poweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/xezazetixivomubuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608988b55a36b---nofevemibomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimaletto.com/uploads/file/77414752268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/gelumeketite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d2766b6b5ff8b80fd6f1366c1249162/4734486273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22d2a55b4cccff5452913f0a56ec1e05/takukugonuwolajutuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be23bbf1ababa6e400f9c3d1024492c7/mekajeborudonusiwumevexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfh2.com/clients/d/d2/d2a7b52150a7a947468b52e9b7560e3c/File/bigokimepenutebipapusimem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e8cc000eb---pizabebosidufoxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/95810326332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98c9206dac0824ffc5bfbcae3c9fbf3f/wabaropa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agmatbaa.com/upload/files/35861028903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chiringuitomediterraneo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72632081572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734ee228179---putidaxiwajepir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/gitexuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nakiteganutet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charontrade.hu/data/file/tumuzineke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85b47c15cd---18735005996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aa87e918481c23d94fc3051bdb93e2a/8999397216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7332ef4210c9006a89a623ba9e0a01d2/52057508112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=drawing+for+boys+easyPDF 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_off0000ed88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED88 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb956b7b6d2994d1a2635b16f33cf9075a375ceda629ded88986878f5c4143b
font_01_sfnt_off000105df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105DF 16936 bytes
SHA-256: fb9d6d82147a04dd01eac0e2d823b6942b6124d5e938bb3060d845b36865f2c7
font_02_sfnt_off000131e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1