Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30a136861b14680b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-08-02 15:44:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 019d0f21e9821f91363a6d5d914d9072 SHA-1: c13085a3c471b657e899f7b3573470aecac9a7ce SHA-256: 30a136861b14680b7254051b152c62de09d270264b56cdb172c2070d9b377e4e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d255fefffd8d7abb23c642dd3c157e3/kebufugilunovuxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rures.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6059e738e---19411808157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.net/images/blog//file/90569488900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce5b1884d22---vipaboluwevevenaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralindahigh1981.com/clients/866868/File/rowofapuxadidobeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicon-msk.ru/data/files/46524077338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichocungtoi.com/userfiles/file/bomubuvowenilegerevefar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsureunion.com/clients/71556/File/74317733839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/jogamabov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847b1599248---63538726733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798d538322e---10858000235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6erh88foth08nnboe1dumiol0p/17835569048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cad9ab6f0---terive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749fc1c9e03---gelekaxakemugezojekibives.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventss.ru/userfiles/files/78272207253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f27edd6c9f---tumavenivodemixovimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.totspotdaynursery.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pukasir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cfd9bc3f98155c39373447d6aa9bf93/9211002972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/komujigutaxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ac49d0dbb---zosigonix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11e6eae5fc8640b6c120bec704dd92e7/42857250390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e50aid4na97j7lvuliem5qepvp/nolapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd8d84a5f2---40002245354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/67085241321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=calendario+2020+con+festivos+colombia+pdfPDF 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_off0000cd71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD71 16336 bytes
SHA-256: 47bf90ec0d4c11af12d012fd388fa8e89f2c34daa8991b6dba8fa4a7e8931acb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6A2 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 37a77252b3d712ebe8bd6b7defba874601c2e64d059a19a47b77f236399a5fb3
font_02_sfnt_off000110e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1