Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d31430e8e1c6bf07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-23 21:10:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f60fe479f4214adfe7372e16c253c4c6 SHA-1: 9a5ae50e35cc6f125a6e931e8017f180a91f036c SHA-256: d31430e8e1c6bf073b01122b63770fa318ed681d9a10ca476ae2e965ab310306
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as containing links to potentially malicious or compromised websites, including a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV also identified it as malicious. The embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect the user to external sites for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://studiodrago.eu/userfiles/files/80487547973.pdf
    • https://khonggiansachhanoi.vn/uploads/files/7121654315.pdf
    • http://themadthinker.com/temp/vinney/HTML/userfiles/file/xofixeladafenu.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c92001cb0e---64018546561.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5ahf9f249sjempmcp08054dk4/xasewozenunazebanon.pdf
    • http://kaushalacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tesuwazokudelur.pdf
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b0a61cad40---14337180983.pdf
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613980ab8a529---gisomuve.pdf
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e7d633ef95---67391591125.pdf
    • http://leeclinic.kr/userData/board/file/34706555942.pdf
    • https://molecult.metallo-tests.ch/sites/web/upload/files/80935840549.pdf
    • http://www.dgtrans.co.th/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gudawisexutibojoru.pdf
    • http://karinameal.ru/imgdish/files/mejozekujusana.pdf
    • http://factblogs.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/40950282588.pdf
    • https://stmpallet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78780072546.pdf
    • http://club-integra.ru/userfiles/file/dalizimeseramuwemojuke.pdf
    • http://superfishinglewood.com/uploads/files/64548876564.pdf
    • http://chinahongji.com/d/files/81552044458.pdf
    • http://brno-skoleniridicu.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zezefadegaseduwaf.pdf
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b1e435d256---nijugakifisigotosudenat.pdf
    • http://gardatrans.com/content/Files/91990308125.pdf
    • https://sakura-bashi.com/uploads/files/202109052228382455.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=redmi+9+data+saver
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b1df.bin
8f51428e65253f0c3a22ed3538fd8002fe7fe3a9d5a72e8acec4adfcde831d16
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1DF 10416 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c98d.bin
03eceecbaf0a1a211753d0a9f37c3127fb55dbe29514ccc27755e686e8dd731b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC98D 14772 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee2a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE2A 16792 bytes