Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d031fcdb264945da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 19:07:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a4032ac7cf1db56263ca4dced3e5ff48 SHA-1: 5b0919a36ad6cc18c27c509a0ff98f88fef49a8d SHA-256: d031fcdb264945da87a77508e1a71197b9cacd9bbd2ff0e292403a341ffc6767
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the heuristic firings clearly point to a malicious link distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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 http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/heb77a1gnocpd0i6t4lstgdc30/14139512427.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lonniestireandauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/wurukisenosuninofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myhomeinparis.com/userfiles/files/87065003543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maturitni-ples.eu/UserFiles/File/20700544013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chip-chup.hu/upload/file/rokagufepulazasavituvokok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://streetnn.ru/data/upload/ck/files/wunudisifub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b71db2a7d00192a1bbcf149b835e33cf/14195708266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newcar-rental.com/uploads/files/202109152350523889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137c91d2d312---38769566743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbhattacharjee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kekokopek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisetnl.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_DF2083014B49755A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396f97705f2---jojifopagel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e677a653f---31704789224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614144e04f43c---nuwivunori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgrids.com/userfiles/file/giturixidabiripegirogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyuangang.com/UserFiles/file///3191807906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hai-bi.com/uploads/files/202109160336257297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjengo.org/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/8153985910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitness-sport.it/userfiles/file/11067754625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://varida-tech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6041254642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://draftingfloorplan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/76892965031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/78937426938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rocksoliddesigns.biz/userfiles/file/82711510688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezamirekhaseafoods.com/userfiles/file/1554531249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/61114014272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2bircruise.travflex.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/murijopatexegazigofuzises.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podgoricki-klub.me/userfiles/file/semasejavuvuzexudemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=live+video+streaming+from+ip+camera+to+androidPDF 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_off0000b81c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB81C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d02e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD02E 14652 bytes
SHA-256: 7a7316698d3bded454f41f06351da2d67ed30fa7157319313c5b1d9673389a9a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF523 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 18701eb101f10f1d7419db8aa335f0c9594fa25309c2c76a38e121e65b6aca4a