Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30be091e847c83ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-06-08 22:19:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c56c6488f962700b946a03524891fbba SHA-1: 31524b17b23cc5d61156691098e308ab63d5e912 SHA-256: 30be091e847c83ec7cd606ba888c0dbcea14b48e8834aba3ca47e3af318fb144
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of ClamAV detection and ML classification as malicious further supports this assessment. The document's content and structure indicate it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9553

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=arihant+iit+jam+mathematics+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a5ff70d30633884235aed8290530bb2/boroxomuliwexod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078927fa776e---maxuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/11581820897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de3ec8d086be6226a84d3207b696dd0f/20329098631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachhigh65.com/clients/879402/File/9643931541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cca7b66c823745d177b2aeab42df99d/98642817285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607508a28e143---57808531433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4b57586b7---fetavokuzigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e5a88b014d---77140957540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3p26k7k974u4jtld19hrsh04p3/rupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7mfc6ll35a7r52nm4ste5k2i7/81431714941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bda77b5a2891d0653f337907a5200288/wolosodaxubolugodosaroko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b33d7afbeea4636bb49d9dcfd42009d7/18123731354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8e1801568e---jewogitikekomosapoguxexiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824005e1880---fanimebisobujumiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16b5ece91593d373f9b77b52bda33263/buxagibemomolidupotogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b641f33890---sorupaguvonusikin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6d91ddef0cce324661bdab912a9c2ee/sunonij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00015830.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15830 5552 bytes
SHA-256: 3cb76472d8686004c765853e7c4467d4db5997be62f3d672518133d9ce33eb5b