Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b31a26b44261a706…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-06-27 01:50:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 837eacfe781210192edce99d30b218f5 SHA-1: 522421d8ee99f1e70a1f980a243fd176456d482e SHA-256: b31a26b44261a70697c9ae2bfdb023582cbd955f9501152f7ba85a40e4ca7853
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed421af2a7---20048989739.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/nerupewowixeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://666666.vn/upload/fck/file/vepisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushikyototogo.com/uploads/files/gonomoposubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eab8ec93d0b64c9f7c42ee079cd4f2d8/jiperupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed631dc36e4a19319d59d8878eecdfb9/27779470856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072efeea03a1---gomolus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856e359eb29---zotoviwojuzatotokonav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/rubabupazomoletiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160967aaa49f5e---97069331481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/39594834308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rfj1c905n2ke9qgbb0094fuftn/15457957354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/25234726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cf89b9b7d283be9b86661dbc103380f/73496686169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/segefesiniven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa77f0a40f---70774942856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a44bb4fa8---buzove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/lenenodalofileranagabaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingbeat.com/contents//files/91273035105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/403d49bd2734c4b6c7ea043d031cb5c2/24355207915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/12474906414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb859bcfb96---52045694454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/6380122482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609682e72f242---88181431329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa1084c06af183c45df7fc9806322a35/gibafebatilipewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=young+adult+dystopianPDF 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_off0000d62e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD62E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE40 16984 bytes
SHA-256: 8d873c20559ec7fb6de2f12a51bfd3fc770b95e84df9ac465a76f21871d2cba2
font_02_sfnt_off00011aa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AA6 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 7a1f9d9d443bb54fbae1c7b10d88c730912874e7cdb34520ae3918cd0fd38de1