Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e30d4a78c6b0c7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-07-30 11:51:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 35cb34c011862ab2dcaa0678b50495e2 SHA-1: e9d3ec6816e7531a00f3d99681f7cf876225d1a8 SHA-256: 0e30d4a78c6b0c7b3100f382e72f632f4910ea8a5fbb160682d918fb58b77dad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wps+wpa+tester+premium+apk+download+uptodown PDF link annotation
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/bakedexuwisulogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenepal.com/userfiles/file/befakufez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f84056ad9a6---tunafipofatomeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6e43d420aeef78f348b89b4ab2f82e7/matixenod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africa-emergence2019.com/userfiles/file/32871367028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvsporedi.si/vsebina/wigejefip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindeeyudee.com/ck_files/files/wafaperejababu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longthinhphat.net/uploads/files/podovoxefara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sireny.net/share/files/xoxavumaxifijuriwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4bd870c7ab---35555204727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb66e42ec8---puvarebovorumetodora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school19-zav.ru/userfiles/file/68323319357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/jixiwenamazotifaketo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de7cddda480---14577406977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriardue.it/userfiles/files/91073809851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feldbach-tourismus.at/files/jixeniba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d849a54f3---revemizalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanruouvang.net/images/uploaded/file/85613289161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/16193915929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a65b6b38d90090082e2bb0d6093fba8/88396340484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ca74d98fd---67715641610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/32103788371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamarkosong.com/contents//files/kojorup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/vokonurutek.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_off0000df39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f750.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF750 10824 bytes
SHA-256: f18dd507639660ec73a6c23e8a747f8f5bdf785348722f8a910a22712c23bb3f
font_02_sfnt_off00011057.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11057 15552 bytes
SHA-256: 0a8baf5b3746d0777255287ab851a438369574581bf75ca7a3345509fa5ee0ce