Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30a03639fbdf698f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-10-04 04:26:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 884c5b3a46d41c3ee92af098948826ce SHA-1: 217f5069deaf89ee383f95fe12757b18bff6fc40 SHA-256: 30a03639fbdf698f09a3b41dab7c9cc809560f04e5b8d00179740d2f7b1e1594
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a pattern of using SEO poisoning and compromised infrastructure to distribute files. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://myagenda.myagenda.cz/pictures/editor/files/48746453077.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/sedevuterarumepifujuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c5a3f3a061---resulamujirubomagarinijix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energosol.pl/images_cms/file/95530459809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51814255203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/41514204741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_7D09A9E3B748931E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokstar.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/37484322771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/381d9c7b86a48b3df0d9fca76a81a058/fusuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pscemetery.com/userfiles/file/80721893407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitjaya.com/contents/files/13989503708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnfhdc.com/UpLoadFile/2021090611533478419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/provkspnprdcohe1n3ackn8mq1/loraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcraregistration.com/UploadedData/file/37318447658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naosgym.com/userfiles/files/dalobukekuvasitiboxabolow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshuka.ps/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bebesibusasifidatadefanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meridianchem.com/meridian/ckfinder_userfiles/files/39060651246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161563ecd1c661---93665049700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jdconstinc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/porisasilabawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/wimajivexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b80ee6cc04---zexipaparebagelagewapur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161474e5b28638---fajirusaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siangyun.com/upfiles/editor/files/pezitewew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=download+crack+miracle+boxPDF 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_off0000b327.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB327 16472 bytes
SHA-256: afd497e2be56ced9abbebe5fe4fa22e49487b223db288b493a90a6a610b08cc5
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f570.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF570 10684 bytes
SHA-256: c8d3c5d41210de7543db07d12d69625ca620dc200acf8603a7bca8387154ab3a