Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a31fa2be662f861c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-24 22:21:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 13b9dd3240f0c8d674cd08c86db59425 SHA-1: 9132e2ebfe7d6e347ee96b7ce6e1dd06cfedb7e7 SHA-256: a31fa2be662f861c9db13f1b64e3c5f46a7bf32e3c50b844891b9195b5d00ba9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+tv+video+call+app PDF link annotation
    • http://wordtmann.beckbauer.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juzopomamegugifofitedos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mishor-uvk.com/uploads/files/30294122280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridadressyourhome.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/26197712015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/5103775181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apc-algercentre.dz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nelinofijojerigikija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iieng.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pumunodawowurenubevadifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucphatloc.com/upload/files/44889050619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taemyung.com/data/upload/file/29166931757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1959f7979150be7f1ef80bd9ad71db7d/49202842373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teewer.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66457811565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sourceit.ke/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/garaxewowajejekegatixilat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paramourpourbebe.bettygagne.ca/userfiles/file/97051667962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gestioniarmatoriali.it/61465230103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/66022688753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.info/file/wuforifumukugebofalexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161442eef11f99---lovekovefadajotedojifir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ab163734bf---14351591773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161424ec8f3d6b---juvupeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eghamatkade.com/basefile/eghamatkadecom/files/rasomigonubeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfa53ig0c7nc2gnedhffucdsg4/vuwitipenewuvediguwotupaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/10797988602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/9820031763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesmashclub.com/imgUpload/files/71271672232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proallprint.com/userfiles/files/60229711688.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_off0000b19d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB19D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9AF 17156 bytes
SHA-256: ac9a2def88b6f23bb80292c6dca9b2007c4c81ccf04afef9ee08f2d81c978891
font_02_sfnt_off0000f53e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF53E 10384 bytes
SHA-256: c546288461cc2328f374d5420b1ea651bdad555c4a0ce3b2f545e7f1671d82fb