Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e30855b3e7f0ed4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.7 KB Created: 2021-07-17 01:17:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 207e0c76f35c04432624467861136326 SHA-1: 01233f5bb52e721f3e47269269208ec18401c91e SHA-256: 2e30855b3e7f0ed41a64ce1d6a9756881cb5e039c4609fe6d54fc839cf33927a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This pattern suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a phishing or malware delivery site. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, and the structure aligns with spearphishing attachments used to distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77a67937d2---xuxawetefegowebiwajitad.pdf
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e70f782b8e---kabugamizadiketego.pdf
    • https://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/nobeg.pdf
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2358fbe4146977d6a63a5683fe552912/totipupuwomemojatutepudov.pdf
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f287b13dcd4f1b6e84e876eef148563a/lidogoweluzas.pdf
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2par1qf3e6boflkoo49jh0qtg9/28508016566.pdf
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/dafojiji.pdf
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607373080fd0a---wejovapalileve.pdf
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/lowimofewexoxaduw.pdf
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e7a1e25f19---34242902924.pdf
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vsgqcr60e09bbnhsdq9mdk5ej6/63090049195.pdf
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ace65003f---bisepanonup.pdf
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ilkp03eeht7i4qol87slh08hi0/58768267959.pdf
    • https://commonwealthsportsawards.com/userfiles/file/neviwotaras.pdf
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad939935e6a---sajev.pdf
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a6183d90120b895758717a18722c72f/zifepefojawisawusilem.pdf
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l8ssdt37hqj910nlci1stvcdat/refabomapuroxod.pdf
    • http://projecthouse.bg/uploads/CKfinder/files/43978356303.pdf
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f272a4b493dd68656b5418ecf9446a9e/50196529749.pdf
    • http://rexant.by/upload/editor/files/fifawosaganoninararaw.pdf
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a7ab26f7a1570a1209373a0bd4f7b98/20918796448.pdf
    • http://take114.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210703_EE7BEB06179B5B83.pdf
    • http://cansuyu.org/resimler/files/31818779089.pdf
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe9604f469---xifadureladisox.pdf
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/kezefikezizegedobovemekew.pdf
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1e662310b1---77101022044.pdf
    • http://highlandhighclassof1962.com/clients/c/c3/c330a44b04b080977bf299ea430a317d/File/9616771437.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=thresholds+of+increasing+complexity
    • 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
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033039ab0cc0f92f0433e0fff365f209ad72ce67970bdd11297e11f494160aca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17188 11244 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00018b7f.bin
8342c6953831129699ff0e0b0fc2f520e259ecd1dc6b70d23d32425139291a48
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18B7F 17492 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001b947.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B947 16792 bytes