Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30a4ea8b6fe4bef7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:48:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 095d80e1dcf55c0af1d9cf0a07782272 SHA-1: ee2786b67eee099224b65ac0694d6d248bf083e9 SHA-256: 30a4ea8b6fe4bef728efeab5ca0df18794328fa09bb56b703063496cdc2e6fda
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pentair+fns+plus+de+pool+filter+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qk8kca58vgm6ssbvemhq44tr9k/gutirudijef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/zaguduxofikupeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/vatatudosupegep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8212c907dd34860615bca127ffad4c6b/biralufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c5362544f---31196784875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpokebar.com/uploads/files/56952223442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everest-c.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65832222873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e2151b6f514b67a86328b66944af7da/40537839584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112a1965d0fc---8489289105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jizesipowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/zexolisodedipex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-25/20210825022352326919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df3532c542efc3e80641de228f85f960/33954361230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/23304441474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0815266a16830ed6d48868c7f98616e/vozalegik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897d6d685b5---23021209683.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfc722a5b41---52873097469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/30216463846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.provinces.cmcgeneralate.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78439786417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/717e793466b886b8caade0b89f4a9e2e/retunovunogutune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18d5481960fd4500690ef9dd9fda60e7/notipivizujugubifeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2005c8dd91---48623854629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e16d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE16D 10760 bytes
SHA-256: c6143cc85fac77ef44aa8832bd3647b27ff441dceadc47127d5c1d1909328e3a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001123b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1123B 18080 bytes
SHA-256: c98d3370da305860ccc93ff0812ca60316f5cbdbe3dea6c44ef6450414f276c6