Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 302fd536d9130fdc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-06-04 16:00:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c0e493f1aa1bfde75579cc69f25e6609 SHA-1: c3f9096d9574a208e55dce317fcc7d1fbd565dcc SHA-256: 302fd536d9130fdc736f2ed46ff204fc7df941cd812fc17a7e986959952bbbd5
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The document body, though partially obfuscated, suggests a lure related to an 'answer key', likely to trick users into clicking malicious links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8660

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=who+took+jerell%2527s+ipod+lab+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8886dad72---76769693976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notarbrazda.cz/userfiles/file/sojab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j7oqqs5h8t00kkpp52go4f7epv/32955701125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cebc815387c95f435172e7ca33273bf7/94162276601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9f28km3eg2vc1o4lahbht46i1/97021986227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7493ae65c5---pukujufisubujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/63138901318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/vapokogum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091324fc6275---90195533171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8444a6b55a99340fd7fdf71e37415c1e/nifufuvabujefodesitizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/tewexegejawole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kistours.hu/userfiles/file/37281602952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/dodipipezumijozemibome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/75065899617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11946 5568 bytes
SHA-256: fa09df53f21fb81a66eefdd475f997b61cad1ef10f25007e9c116534e6998a84
font_01_sfnt_off00012c4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C4A 11288 bytes
SHA-256: b449ddb48ddd66ef39717ab6fb581f95e30315e5fb426986cb9cca81af8b0ec5