Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d231471a9f558f88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-30 21:15:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 25044ac23f14bdfa41eff5f482e0e735 SHA-1: 5db98b74821929853b9026d48bbb3dd0f8f819f9 SHA-256: d231471a9f558f88c25d05e3f0b881af22f206c7eb3e806abb3d21e24fb3c24a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm, a common technique for SEO poisoning or distributing malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+size+is+10+awg+wire PDF link annotation
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a789594786---52286295626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vsdmcbu02gev0584cue433v55g/lekemopososenafetuwivaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/78130387874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b282bccd3---vetoxebulonogila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erulingua.hu/uploads/content_files/files/61265570471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/gagokotenuluvaboridofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dkqea1iu58bsufgg9ibv2i5m7p/getupiwigulatoxipelopibup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/gokoluduvetadabepesalagob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrumschoolka.pl/photos/file/sipozimejolinakame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e52725542a4---sudizijiwevem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saokienviet.com/uploads/image/files/sunovalobojuwejepepezawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86ae002bc1156ef0599f48b693ce6b12/kepilib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coeb.eu/userfiles/files/81871761676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae7aaef34b8---gasewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/17985147776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eda97e4277ba68c8d5ffac860791bbc5/ridofixarove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b900dbcafdf---dolutejasadolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/97945906040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32508793814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e68d4136080---98661582293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fosikinawipofomiwafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fcadcf3a0c9c71fc55ff26cb81757cd/vugifukin.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_off0000edd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD8 17048 bytes
SHA-256: 47db95369861b0ffdc8ed0dca3ccba5efbde9666637053c7650dc0bfbb3b9eff
font_01_sfnt_off00011998.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11998 10428 bytes
SHA-256: fcec4cf46f7494406232cbf665655f8e7a65cff42cbf6628a0f3642c71402ac6
font_02_sfnt_off00013193.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13193 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1