Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30987a3cb2872a84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 10:08:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f958a4add765fad28888059911f06ee2 SHA-1: 3993dc802c7c481fc6bfb05db26e3ee1af01697a SHA-256: 30987a3cb2872a84aac4a28d874b8a0947b2d52546ce903d51d1df9fe0d52152
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript. This JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of numerous links to PDF files on various domains further supports the link farm and potential phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://zhongguohuachun.com/d/files/45682974743.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://serwisnawigacji.pl/userfiles/file/16394410464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/xunisogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/55050567213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flirdining.com/uploads/files/jugeguxofemonawubotibiruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giorgimpianti.com/userfiles/file/vofoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/jufadoxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/mosinoribid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greentreeprep.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruzitukememuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szermgrt.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78328164623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrozzeriabosini.net/userfiles/files/luxegotilujedawediwiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oomewatersport.nl/upload/files/14532727620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanchanaspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81152509454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/19978007633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoo-foto.cz/userfiles/file/voduxipovepuxofovizudafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkim.vn/upload/files/kajesokuzinamib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161339ae38ce7f---gapajetefojuxabeworurod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/868304b15c87bc9b8401c65ce0a860f7/mukovudilemolufegum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/64618337704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/55522798281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136dcd7a3fb7---46299241115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/numibebaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///98153917957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauroconsulting.pl/userfiles/file/12823145573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodykneadstherapy.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28393131003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents/files/75260127066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+block+group+messages+androidPDF 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_off0000df4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF4D 11264 bytes
SHA-256: f0dbea00f41c6e5949ee8f50e7982e4da3046276d6b34afe9c91a93b4157aacf
font_01_sfnt_off0000f956.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF956 17940 bytes
SHA-256: e62533d662cd817cd8e81ddb397c8daccd34ab072ac0d5c8484909a6bac33bcb
font_02_sfnt_off00012786.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12786 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1