Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30607ef9db0b38de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 18:52:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5f4685833cf8875d231a238cac6ff1be SHA-1: 308afba51c6cdaf2abb11c0a85ddb771bf41d284 SHA-256: 30607ef9db0b38deacf0f349722bed4080cd0b175c26764ae8432b84eacfc465
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9871

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://bjdfszwy.com/filespath/files/20210919190126.pdf
    • http://appinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/bixoxetisaf.pdf
    • http://annabarons.com/files/files/kolakilutumutunijo.pdf
    • http://jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2042502716.pdf
    • https://lifesmart.lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zadedifeg.pdf
    • http://montex.pro/uploads/userfiles/file/68351730062.pdf
    • http://sujitonweb.com/userfiles/files/ruwejanudogiwero.pdf
    • https://khonggiansachhanoi.vn/uploads/files/nigaroxiwij.pdf
    • http://skupka54.ru/upload/m/vilukerafomunexovapemibow.pdf
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/musepadafibufegumijes.pdf
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396d7f07965---12107780904.pdf
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/bemagilag.pdf
    • http://hertzlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/62480324708.pdf
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613be0389bbbd---vedufujasagon.pdf
    • http://drtamerturan.com/file/90522683543.pdf
    • http://zpkprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kitanudu.pdf
    • https://www.dogandemir.av.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/27463226587.pdf
    • http://www.perchegouet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48450612383.pdf
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132d322aed68---36801722120.pdf
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/506g9ned0rto531b27fpqivf3p/tifujulijetefesazaji.pdf
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/pigokagopodasoba.pdf
    • http://alotercuman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12869433683.pdf
    • https://heritran.vn/uploads/news_file/40053689778.pdf
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiwivavitamuvoguvutovomaw.pdf
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/tetij.pdf
    • http://wieswioska.pl/userfiles/file/nusokojoxovosilitek.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=free+live+streaming+websites+for+sports
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • 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_off0000e30d.bin
044af4dce53b5bea800ca0cb09b31bc91b199769cefe4f4b6a94d3f6f75cbdbd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE30D 17476 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011076.bin
78e85c852686bdcee40fa3dd8f9dbe651d1eff9f33dbdf00669d6c1a6de0a1cd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11076 10968 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000129c6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129C6 16792 bytes