Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 931c4d831c556e40…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 23:24:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4fbd1dcdd98f1291fc66f7fed725a141 SHA-1: 45fd65c23a38a18ef8e0eaf8ef76e553a07ff1ca SHA-256: 931c4d831c556e403f885ff4ac0ddeecd818da35d16e7eb5158fe6bcd2482c74
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further suggests a lure to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://heaig.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotekuvosekojajenosu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ist-lb1.istanajp.com/contents/files/pefisesegelukor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340acc718f0---renebivumivax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toscanafantastica.com/userfiles/file/15598325418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c48251f3b---16330291556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalton-english.com/userfiles/file/dizewizomoneneperuxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanurichurch.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuzerezusubinonowolapefom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptekainternetowa.net/_mdm_apteki/file/63644827062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaria-ciocirlia.ro/media/file/bizudofejofudonalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujemezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143ce05cea0b---tisefizuveluwubujalewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myhomeinparis.com/userfiles/files/69174365420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perlawarmii.pl/userfiles/file/wilovadozin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e653b301a2---rulolukirus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc64839d3ee0312af7f556991104b9a7/worujadixiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c566f0df57---75876872051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogersdesignhouse.com/uploads/files/37047415690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b55202719d141072906e2af66e56947a/figiwijigotelaturerapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hensuyenpqa.traigiongthuha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44706058023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.ind.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nutumaxonasedaladavusem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4250b5fckr11hhr7egttfap5db/86082717847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/ruxazat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=gallery+2021+apkPDF link annotation
    • https://www.thc.gda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xevupe.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e33a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE33A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB51 10200 bytes
SHA-256: f8d340cc13408ed8cf872670343d59730fb776b7250f38ccbed46cc441a11d54
font_02_sfnt_off00011274.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11274 21020 bytes
SHA-256: a74ee4e4a7035b7de9fc7226320a1bcbf550191ad13afd8ee991accd7fe7f5a4
font_03_sfnt_off00014a14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A14 16148 bytes
SHA-256: b17e3c388ca520c70044df51a505a8c8de3d1ca9b2e495c629779bc8d31aca59