Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2030c09bb6a3cac3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.1 KB Created: 2021-07-19 17:51:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ca479fa59e04c85e153fe0566698acee SHA-1: 1526c1d25db5ff8ec1ce2ddcfb792820822f4016 SHA-256: 2030c09bb6a3cac39cf31aeefb5526b31c8d574ac4d46eecd1b79657163ce6c7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics indicate it functions as an advance-fee scam, likely luring users to download further malicious content via a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, preventing direct analysis of its content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • 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://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73j5d8oful9vnfrhni6r59ic05/vegososenolanaruwutizudu.pdf
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/28832450866.pdf
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kevtnoct30i39iq7u1h83bu9d9/nezaxemigave.pdf
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g76sb1fe69ruocs7ib7n0vor47/gasivozolibomonewan.pdf
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/wetimitu.pdf
    • http://geologicatoscana.eu/userfiles/files/simun.pdf
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d2e2b8e39046c76d95903680c9a6d84/88256529668.pdf
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44d529db197cdfa2a9d85c361ca8869d/bebimunolajuzenoved.pdf
    • https://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/371350991.pdf
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5ede59d260da2904f140d3af6a0a0b8/mipivorepotukim.pdf
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/93970756409.pdf
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/935a52f2ba154f9b13a874abe1287bd0/lavurovizidu.pdf
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18653df668---42716356554.pdf
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c48c5dcec6---liduloromajiwalatedegu.pdf
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608643807999a---77335973379.pdf
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c88aed0b1bf---diretatul.pdf
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/zozokuzowupemetabomixolak.pdf
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f31b3658ce705a7135f033ae01dedb0/lexewipo.pdf
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/1529520152.pdf
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f10f94ff1---33632547956.pdf
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/163jq1uetoe54ps41c9kgb57ek/42254092270.pdf
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ab72eee9458169ff77debd99b32ee8e/41826707996.pdf
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7t95127fve6i6k26o4d0sb4iqb/19259926296.pdf
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e2d554842---rizewosisebufa.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=stetson+middle+school
    • 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_off0001b41c.bin
0abe7c2b0e8986dc33bbefc7f55a6ff444658a0e339565924362a35310b34876
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B41C 10448 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001cb8b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CB8B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001e39d.bin
677fe30809fcfb39a3be083e61a3db7482b230789ea18fb61e02fdc8e6ffef6a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E39D 17996 bytes