Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b31a437926682973…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 21:01:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: e92634f55acf5c6504f459b9d6a48779 SHA-1: 7c9d170feb3911a2830ed2415677d5193af85a39 SHA-256: b31a437926682973c02f0e5686dcc8d030a4baed26b554a561dda405b052d78c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to other PDF files or compromised web hosting. Heuristics indicate this is a link farm designed to distribute content, with one URL specifically mentioning 'apk android' and another pointing to a compromised WordPress upload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gangster+los+santos+5+apk+android PDF link annotation
    • http://lenosada.sk/editor_uploads/files/ganofojufulugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161343acf5e2fd---6988274256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starroadchina.com/userfiles/file/34506424437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agencement-menuiserie-var.fr/stockages/files/64168377335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mystruggle.uk/indigo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49655140519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614095529eb0c---vipixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartextil.com/firma/files/4325654046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargobull.cz/res/file/zojenabozadekasugese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210909054453_lkfrkn.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincesorvarshop.hu/editor_up/rakemigexafewewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/lilikitelebake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dr.schure.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vakeselokasebalamikefiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wivutuxirixejalikira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maybaobidinhdinh.com/upload/files/77529143475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ashleymongolia.mn/uploads/files/40409313694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://history.tlshaa.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rafuropogofetetegeravi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globaldreamindia.com/webcms/file/fawunogawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410fbc0d713---voxokujoxilavuwodijojaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skipjackpoke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97866700001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compufoxmail.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/62295033882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cukimentescukraszda.hu/files/files/tosowosusew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayocazar.com/images/elfinder-1.1/files/file/14927921347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stotex.rs/files/lufimidemobotogoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddc-touggourt.dz/ar/files/35316902698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/31619640873.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_off0001248e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1248E 10832 bytes
SHA-256: e871c23256aa8451113952fe800fd99ed06c697836621cb204b9925b6a9a2894
font_01_sfnt_off00013d82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D82 17780 bytes
SHA-256: 3b876966a1d4fe74962412659605b6dab2a028deababf97ae3cdc8acf8dbc9c3
font_02_sfnt_off00016c2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1