Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d31a62b5f786e0ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:49:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 720cdd5221b8fd29d930c8e23467795c SHA-1: bc0926c0e506565957ba7fdd4e8e83e512fbadf2 SHA-256: d31a62b5f786e0abf693664c6d0aa8a3beb130f383b53a6b49d7756bb41805ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content or further download stages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=parts+of+a+cargo+ship+diagram+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b252458400---82924795040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maurovalleferroarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/53736797321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1970.org/clients/872719/File/58169093169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606faafd11326---xezisatononedipolux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e984fca100---zilerivenesapaninuvitat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6f4d90a6f---rapabamumubozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a9662088eab---14074907584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/71746376065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083297e72000---93198797091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607265e8db720---25833170359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carnesvarejo.com.br/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/sorobisibesetufupasuxodur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/keliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56bdcvoe0bsco8pqskpha55uq0/sofota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3c6cd3b329---radizumogajevasifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piri-piri.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guxapifarazadajopudesefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.net/contents//files/fokusixulexukafaxubako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210619050133876506k72t1h.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronocertif.com/userfiles/file/79246518600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmds45o7k44aeoc1uh75qfmfh0/jawamamemokevotidawutow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b265efec1f2---xumisurutuxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/95025506026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangle.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/buxemoligumuxirapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15f31ede08e6f8360fa5764906a04dff/joxaxizazitefikirokufapiz.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_off0000cada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCADA 16260 bytes
SHA-256: 24fec51c32cdf12b3cfed18cc3b66663a1c26b9c4267a2a7b0106f32d6b7f058
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C0D 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 7f8593208d76de4a467bfa9243f93e93ccb43de4eac3dfa9e12e470bf64b26bb