Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e31fac8461b03b1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:27:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: beabf49a2b25fd9826ed7b80ac07ed8c SHA-1: d334b30b2b0e9d24aa4387dd226b8a7e4109cd23 SHA-256: e31fac8461b03b1b0e18e7640da55e44988854e2221469a036de8e46a7cb0913
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to phishing or malicious sites, as indicated by the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://vantainoidia.vn/ci/userfiles/files/87715409968.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sensesgrouphk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44587212730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/37384488175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airsoft1.ro/files/file/44188073906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/90275277565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/jadorut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teyadegitimvideo.com/calisma2/files/uploads/6462964900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4523f1f8a35cdbe6f59df873d64f2a6/38426774456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graham1978.com/clients/79565/File/mamokojajikafulizusod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bec3fb9c873572a7fe93d50610e16c31/joguvotalonetunopawuzuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb3e0a3158---lidevululikoradikusanuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/28782851518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytalk7.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/558337443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eclickapps.in/userfiles/files/48646321075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/gajopesifusadagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granitemountainranch.net/userimages/93185594742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.serwkom.pl/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9748920551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607052f1aa34b---dokudawaxizunox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://178.62.148.222:300/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91449945670.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53cfaeab0a92cc6b3820a2d126a9f24b/vutivul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1uei45oi61fshvlp6q895pu3q4/dewodenunija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peintures-descours.fr/fichier/files/gufoxono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86749364fc3af865059feed338250571/49069336750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmsschoolkg.org/userfiles/file/vekapisikesiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcv-bo.org/data/fcv-bo/userfiles/file/34489131614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=polymorphism+in+physical+pharmacy+pdfPDF 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_off00012c1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C1A 10768 bytes
SHA-256: a9a688c0ece20ba1e9cedef9f1f86ec40b07002e7e957bf1093d91eea827f1fd
font_01_sfnt_off000144a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015cba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CBA 19676 bytes
SHA-256: 21c9e29a6f867cb15804f052774b27f90fd95492c714c1035fa038b8088029b4