Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f31d75a10ddfbafc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-08-02 10:41:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1c8dd38cecc48168e91f03d303dc9c21 SHA-1: 7b5ceb16160cde203fb05d6c67092393847e451e SHA-256: f31d75a10ddfbafc6c0d18c6475526f58485f0961a29930e308e978a2d9913a6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add1f4adf8f---74986684150.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074055445873---57623763711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fincasotilloviejo.es/files/sotillo/_repo/file/wekokijizevazaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1073ddee1---11594222447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ufmdp0mg6rgs8nac31vfuj455/rumoxoriva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7eaaac8ebb8ccb728ea7f32491e3923/42128529683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitapiti.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vilujisibimewedopurefik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fedico.ca/upload/editor/file/litewedesopesovaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e4e97f6f37bca587039be5388bc9f97/87241111062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/748fcfbc2add3a01357912036fc5c3b2/7161794994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriardue.it/userfiles/files/86136594090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34d969cbc88ea3adb00dee3a2a82fccf/pukabakugamugajijufali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flagrant-desir.com/userfiles/file/64656285445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetuckerfamilyreunion.com/clients/67950/File/97596754027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef52b33461e63b34b98a788f9f5996bb/negatexevafopoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patriarca-batiment.com/ressource/site-image/files/51333161845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danielbushreunion.com/clients/41596/File/95588676014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/kitirutolexesazax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858e4ecb402---38648686368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digbijoynath.in/iisc/ckfinder/uploads/userfiles/files/mavawiwatewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquatherm-graz.at/files/84405845958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musikpark-live.de/userfiles/file/genuxaretadavasukin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vsetinrally.cz/userfiles/file/98821769679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-noah.com/uploadfile/file/buwofanobesenotogevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/turapudupegeritifexer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=is+there+a+warranty+on+samsung+earbudsPDF 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_off0000fcb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCB1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000114c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114C3 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 1b03b1e25fbad647c7871d21541b57b38e24ea5c38c1482aff84c24e4b1926d5
font_02_sfnt_off00014334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14334 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 61d60390dbcc8c74353fa3c8d9f2669c19fbcf3c62e08f3d069a009eb17a0cf0