Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0030a62d82bd4c21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 19:58:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c58d43185e70b1932f7eac558083f472 SHA-1: 781a3b1b9668effaaa7d042dbafddb373a334240 SHA-256: 0030a62d82bd4c21c74d02505eada6b34ce1bce08b5397ad5c7e0c37ab9e4e1a
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on disposable domains, characteristic of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 http://www.florentmaussion.net/userfiles/File/38629219636.pdf
    • http://impactpluslearning.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65153122923.pdf
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/nazebemepugorokoz.pdf
    • https://acconpriti.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49653224871.pdf
    • http://snailgame.ru/upload/files/20210914101521.pdf
    • http://azseal.net/uploads/userfiles/file/namilogibudone.pdf
    • https://otoform.com/upload/ckfinder/files/50133543595.pdf
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133faf477590---betupidijulodu.pdf
    • http://maryalo.com/userData/board/file/wumijaruzegatigufesemelil.pdf
    • http://dnestrovsk.es-pmr.com/constructor/dnestrovsk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/balutero.pdf
    • https://rtaadmin.mrv-educationservices.com/content_file/files/bezetimurufozejolajoje.pdf
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7457062127.pdf
    • https://rosewoodcity.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/samatexofu.pdf
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354bdc27854---wolugisazito.pdf
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/danixojogowirovupuruxo.pdf
    • http://naosgym.com/userfiles/files/jivejakodego.pdf
    • https://skvacations.com/userfiles/file/pijunugulakow.pdf
    • https://matfreklam.com/calisma2/files/uploads/korutusudijaxepuzokazuwux.pdf
    • https://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/difoxubijuzedizigufudar.pdf
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fce9437ac7---84842460426.pdf
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/bivixotajuzoluzag.pdf
    • https://tepihtrava.rs/files/16829705390.pdf
    • http://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210908051133.pdf
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/55823464828.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=free+followers+without+password
    • 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_off0000d894.bin
371e053bc14892e0954192639add2f7a3bd9299ae6e158248f564d62f61a1cad
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD894 17264 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000104ed.bin
4b87aa823c0518f13275961a1a5fae7045929e8c2b1b6daadb39df16ec9f2f82
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104ED 10652 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011d7c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D7C 16792 bytes