Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b31ef1cb4819772d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 16:16:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: cfb9acd372579e2bd2ad090374661709 SHA-1: 3c67624a9f03a26ab97cf24afdcd0890c6bf1776 SHA-256: b31ef1cb4819772d631a135285622a11ea03cb1d5659b57c13c968b67073f918
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the malicious intent of luring users to download files. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pgt%2B+new+update+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://hvpeds.com/upload/contents/file/45688275296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiantms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siwamufepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gexezasejisuvutanex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenmodels.ru/uploads/files/fidizonuloditogegasazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bce9a60ff8---68694414156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khachsanmyngoc.com/upload/files/66101870283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doxity.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13639058583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greentreeprep.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93622518560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeloanz.net/images/e/file/xegomaposuworakinab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steinbach.casawell.tw/userfiles/file/pefazakesidikobelotexaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bm-shower.com/userfiles/files/bomovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieutrimun.myphamkangnam.vn/webroot/img/files/88255623907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suurelepa.ee/data/file/25570577799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sqc.jp/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/6818635988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.szphotar.com/admin/img/files/66276489004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zesigawavagimekiguji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/11237134448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rasisinub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcm.es/files/galeria/files/tozivuxisuzixirulale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66e64e46c9139677df3b7546773eba1c/71634949391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnerplus30.ru/images/fornews/files/xesovaribekamemigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613031f431935---kuwidebazezutenerifil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bevillelecomte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/masebaduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/62376245199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.org/ressource/site-image/files/ruluf.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_off0000e4a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCBF 10320 bytes
SHA-256: b18240f422081f5797706a478d07d85abadce7eccae12cb9f73a8a00521785e5
font_02_sfnt_off000113fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113FE 18216 bytes
SHA-256: a50a682866a567e1d32d343a343b697cc300413d3d1c2e243ed3c5aa707ec158