Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 831dc284e78370cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-08-12 05:32:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ef193fe2ab230cd231ab42744a28cb91 SHA-1: 9ce3049936025f817bd79c307775c2e8eca45a64 SHA-256: 831dc284e78370cf00d4f55ca3ea306b4cff939c1dd0fb90a82973f921f35887
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to other PDF files hosted on various domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO spam. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44217253203.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://primethailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65713608900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegaletrotta.eu/userfiles/files/13403076401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/19395443227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/tabova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e63277bed8b3a8f4359386a66e88480/12570945713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilanatofishing.com/home/sandbox/domains/shelter.sandbox.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96775612084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantusmarina.com/UserFiles/file/13262724370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24f8dbfbcdb84b1cb463168c17b37719/21420810180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/39018053676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gymlesgeants.com/upload/editor/file/202311217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adcceb0b2f1---linonakaxumofigoxosulase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607606d8dc4ef---luvebojilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1q5k2ssjfci0sqjkmkt1g93f83/jesagapikawisonedixodapil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davis-wilford.com/clients/5/5d/5d1655677b271656441dfc21bb295863/File/pubogoragubiruwegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pixel-pro.ru/upload/file/82896327452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c238332a1b---91583565172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/343st5uf4lm1ltrcabu2tm8cpv/metubakidupatet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0f82697777ee74272c948d18fe7d692/13672321296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/88507377489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promador.pl/userfiles/file/keritirizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/28282045872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/umlgkpumjelj4614bh1fd77kbc/50872883844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+money+on+robinhood+penny+stocksPDF 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_off0000fcac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCAC 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 1958a825788f619340beef525fd21ead286f93bd215a2866c0b339fa36e9c14b
font_01_sfnt_off0001165f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1165F 17316 bytes
SHA-256: 3acbbd37a7a7f05edd77f329c3bfdff412f7bd974335e76e056f9af47d399583
font_02_sfnt_off00014379.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14379 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1