Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 306ad528fa6fb586…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 15:11:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5f8a2d088c0ea471864398e6031622ac SHA-1: c664465c3be1bf45ca86e82e86bbb11828de6fd9 SHA-256: 306ad528fa6fb5868ddf86fada4b24129074261e8663ef6732f6f3eea3490056
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/gugiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12415029183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsrkbedcollege.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vetefuxowavafani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75778984454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilegt.mn/userfiles/files/noxerukuriganevozeniloro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguagnoni.it/userfiles/files/64168127540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xipenunonapagoxozerisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37fca7bc75318a441c90976581a7c03b/zejuzulisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139159bcf8b0---72755206395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickform.cz/obrazky/files/15760159325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadianrockies.ca/files/file/nejetokexurezunuvot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161447dec45546---86047283436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qigong.ru/userfiles/file/99276305268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horacebatten.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22735976901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://35ju.21tg.cn/uploadfile/ckeditor/files/69380633315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thessalonikiflights.com/files/files/nizagoterakolidatufisaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0d5cf09685baed214273f90200444ae/jotered.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahkay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuvebupugugusazuton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tcs3g5n9habachuffm7v8ujja3/23455301591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spheresignal.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/13176844418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a4d9f464fd---xesakixexafovepurel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133092792a3f---81630119511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48242937994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=off7ce+365+loginPDF 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_off0000dd42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD42 10532 bytes
SHA-256: ae7484bc22c0915562f171540cb044f8f94e16349630c9387f0c0ebc57bb6c03
font_01_sfnt_off0000f56b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF56B 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 4a2508bee47163dbe134f8778f4749d27bf1ee2fe6a25042ea75bce7088597fc
font_02_sfnt_off000122c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1