Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a31b32fde66b0f0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-08-05 09:52:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a5e3fc020e8f5c063197ca0871256efa SHA-1: ef7dc390dfc679838c4b03d05728dcfb19742f95 SHA-256: a31b32fde66b0f0c19533e77b875d9b7177b428a53c4ab9af1ea7241979295da
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The embedded URLs, such as http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cabce7476c---vitobis.pdf, are likely used to host or redirect to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cabce7476c---vitobis.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://karlsbach.de/userfiles/files/kinetabuximaweve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/11445337641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/58156707354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e0db57f70---dirorisukojirugur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869798ddac4---xuwisunarixaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pathtojanna.com/userfiles/files/kogapasaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/rikugofuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocinti.eu/userfiles/files/58735670430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6007fe57f6---62152547900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9342c8ce7d6d77f31056b24fe28c7c5/lesekajopulerazafafodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e49290808---wusavapumabezekepinisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a888c14cde864d181646131e42ac335/gevuworedubujusebovesake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forma8.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wegogazimakakonufalisel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c58fca2b543---zalidomosaxusarobexeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korytnica.net/data/files/dosozewar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/mesasuloku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ochoadentalcare.com/tacgestorcontenidos_ochoa/documentos/file/In PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/59046679886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609878801f05b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/padusiniwofaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/59606459804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8bc572031a---dugazosufasok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/nolemuzivamevifidevugefek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=voltas+package+ac+error+code+list+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000f658.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF658 10940 bytes
SHA-256: cde924b1142bee0a14651b40962b91b6188a817a91c0741b207e8494e19d47bc
font_01_sfnt_off00010fbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FBD 16996 bytes
SHA-256: b3902081773991189bd5b856c9b00986dacd0a13a26320bcf7f543d99bce4247
font_02_sfnt_off00013bf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1