Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 300b90814bc3307a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 06:21:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e683e647991f3b4210b0aa1d10d0302f SHA-1: 7ae8cacf81e84c628cd2abe8f422157d69c9d2e2 SHA-256: 300b90814bc3307ae34388e28a1e35cdc67ae0d64e5ca86119d8bf1528b5e26f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, forming a link farm. These links likely serve as redirects to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/21376750418.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5f5b382a3---85341517856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuning-zone.eu/userfiles/file/wadumewevimumuzuganodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8abc6fff1a8a61e840386eb6592b4ecd/mupez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artkulinaria.pl/sites/default/files/file/mixumufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/73955714017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/54884694998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d77db3b7e4---66157963696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c9e7c4445---93028225453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vs4uahe42fbo0fnmrmcv2dbkkt/93134953962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/69269189941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/vikenuten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/69095717957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fce2dce935---bugumodubiruwizineredikuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubforeducation.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/lasidasusikes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/393113a8523527ff08376d3370e80a8f/kogupanojubewedibaxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcd3996feca---dipenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d13cc670ab224145089c0e36c8d9cd19/54027073631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741665f3952---1038943312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1625206308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5lvakvud9dt3usherf02vg0j6/pimepef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f67331906ac34d7ebf0e6e45b51c7f0f/dinozujanimupazosubuton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jrul32tubtkt5og31ov31hu2l4/65956156870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2de69f4de---wavajejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrasvilla.es/uploads/files/1408641614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=base+sas+exam+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000d77a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD77A 17116 bytes
SHA-256: 7bb689b47c592ece4e4e7b9fa704d88df32523625a78a981300a054762a8262f
font_01_sfnt_off00010358.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10358 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B6F 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 194f570f553db7ca11ba2f282f78be22ca695f10c653dd82ba72d856c96f9a0c