Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d31affc728eb937a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-25 04:05:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fb08ef0b4f5deffe62e4d48561cffe38 SHA-1: e4b03738f0b636003ac2286a870821cae6a2a630 SHA-256: d31affc728eb937a84ed1bc5e183699ac7643f1377da7dc299f2f51f932b25d4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a deliberate attempt to obscure the true destination of the links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e568d4332---tomete.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/56791863186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e391a0c80---morasupilamamujimotada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pescepiana.eu/userfiles/files/69550012093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dd-eng.com/files/files/81030864877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.de/eros/userfiles/file/40928470913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flour.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gibewusifelexojujon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b63ef0bd2e---kemelomakimemasekowowedaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c645ca3b59---88508788762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://draw.pt/home/drawpt/images-editor/file/mepejogimudinod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aamuhsv-madisonalumni.org/files/files/paridisoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecnoservizi.com/userfiles/files/fomotametiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euromarkcreations.com/new/fck_img/file/38883449888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinturasoltra.com/images/slider/files/9819865910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/luvuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalleasingny.com/admin/images/file/kewuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvsatkrosno.pl/userfiles/file/zelimoluzelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.psk.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12763207785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f5b594cc61aa0fd07282964e58eb2fd/toduzeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fuze-pay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11210032562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161391a08edb26---tajusofemigavavupux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146196bc0bff---fakuxetiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161421cacd1b6f---giputojozakoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16788369909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=gta+sa+1.08+apkPDF link annotation
    • http://irodori.kir.jp/files/file/zovulijimufigavegebuxefaf.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_off0000b6fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6FE 10232 bytes
SHA-256: 2a28b694d32f350e6761bf64cdd458d69c934a0e07787aa4735c9a949a3afd4b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE34 16700 bytes
SHA-256: b8439b9e69dd85367b3d4b693790ce86cdfc59d62921010ea693ffbb317b85f4
font_02_sfnt_off0000f965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF965 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1