Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 931f2c43cba1616e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.1 KB Created: 2021-10-10 17:15:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 280c80ef6c274fb94e46cb6fcd81d7ee SHA-1: 0c3032027d7f2aa15bd14a4638c1973a651ce8eb SHA-256: 931f2c43cba1616ed4d5725e2274ad8d907d03b67fb17fe67a404946e9082f30
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9819

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cis+trans+isomerism+in+cyclic+compounds PDF link annotation
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/zofigit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spostojow.pl/userfiles/file/90463584697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikketiga.com/contents/files/67529351370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedzenie365.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31838355081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mathcountsoutreach.org/userfiles/file/gesefajiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkedua.com/contents/files/xeximobitetoginabujijitap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giaynangchieucao.com/userfiles/file/figolifumuwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africalegal.nl/userfiles/file/27083959490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubkao-kubpla.com/userfiles/files/41017185280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e872edef70---dububevezasirubumudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcolley.com/uploads/files/75795937580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haki.vn/uploads/files/tewuloxajelefuvojaxata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah168.com/contents/files/12961133353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitabrasive.ro/editor_up/xuxazilotamagarapetaxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///10830049789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b92518d417---pileginigelox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161443a505a144---jakewas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oroblupiscine.it/userfiles/files/fonato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/zujekidixezazes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightningriskassessment.com/ci/userfiles/files/dasiridaxubomimubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ac920107d2---kunovetupawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritran.vn/uploads/news_file/jekidiwetudomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loffoxfitness.mvwebsolution.com/userfiles/files/84989205140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/nasuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapientgenerator.ru/files/userfiles/files/rujevetof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93114846913.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_off00013ff6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001580d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1580D 10920 bytes
SHA-256: f543fc0eb4ed9a221766df29ec92ad5adc380048b19ad7849dd3739f3dd706ff
font_02_sfnt_off00017158.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17158 23704 bytes
SHA-256: ce5c3844b8aa4839ea96b8f34078caee7f3578aa7eecdee5aea199044b36f3c3