Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b31b32c5cb3aea18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 10:42:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 5a19e7a1733b8c98417f037153195aec SHA-1: da93b20a2469b6c6ec77066d377c81eb4a13f3fa SHA-256: b31b32c5cb3aea18e1a623dfd4ab14a07fb8cf14c8bb1fa8702ddbd3354526cf
196 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 compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of 'wkhtmltopdf' in the metadata suggests it was generated by a tool, potentially to obscure its true nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/7506258448.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://everywheregenes.com/uploadfile/qu26_qu106_com/files/janesuvemad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbwingslynnhaven.com/uploads/files/9997109550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a77cdcd42---levuzipowolikekudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geasit.it/userfiles/files/7841894652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tims.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dememolubuzelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021091804303880554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k3l7j1fhj4oj8mpv3mjv6gosf4/38495319089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f390b74c79a6aa4661aa62f6c081cc6/zakezidilesesedexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glearningsolutions.com/userfiles/files/kuduxubavadapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quocteanviet.com/img-chamthi/files/xumexujodefemozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/79858749466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a23d0b10cb0820fa94e7e450f913492/duxelupara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salman-is.com/userfiles/file/78365363178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/44239336943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beta.nhatthiengroup.com/files/uploaded/files/44374666805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakefruit.com/uploads/files/202109140030293850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/94606607102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/xosilikisuxibariwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbariatprasice.sk/upload/file/96864822595.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://tarzminder.com/resimler/files/zodiregesofusojoji.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://wwa.bdbabymart.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70918238092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5avm895a5t1vgkgkn1o8rurshu/91831928866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al33a2zdp0eo1x.com/DATA/file/20210909231629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cs-web-design.de/ablage/userfiles/files/19544546063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.comIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=android+games+for+10+year+oldsPDF 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_off0000f6ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ee0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE0 16572 bytes
SHA-256: 6e51354b21492a65328acb9962fdd5abc02702d89984a0fc7ec7414ebcc8e4f2
font_02_sfnt_off000139d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139D1 10868 bytes
SHA-256: a07344dc82051b9f21aaf91a5af7a4aa5833e4315d4fbf10eee12d007682b6ee