Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30cf713ba1b92b42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 00:49:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5e4d6f7e6f86a859cd4a2ae6d6cb4c8b SHA-1: a5c730679d2fb549795fdd373e9e4001ff275507 SHA-256: 30cf713ba1b92b42d9c500640713234ee098a24d696b6e35fc653d54fa9426e5
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its small size and image-heavy content, typical of a screenshot designed to hide clickable links. Multiple heuristics indicate it's a link farm pointing to potentially compromised domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9680

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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
  • 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://beruanglucu.com/contents/files/73490249660.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stpatswatertown.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/varumubuvobopexovibobema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/dujevigupim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografieindex.nl/images/uploads/nilifosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q795f1jelbj92prfclne7d4sao/85440572547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/foxogupotijelix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munis-roquesalbes.cat/demo/vilalba/imatges/file/rezawuwasemimowopatemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pvesc.vn/uploaded/file/tatav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/vinusogewanovosipenanexer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vigova.vn/Images_upload/files/37096296844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onjir0jtvu2ob85mft4ru1v4ko/jireboputefikupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikomsolutions.com/admin/userfiles/file/49389208033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/xipiwitajeviwiropenimob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://satnamunicipalcorporation.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40488250337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelcorona.ro/files/74076130244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfort8889.com/upload/files/bafapogevuvagamipeliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preiss.at/upload_files/files/vidozenapazexil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markyatirim.com/resimler/files/90295135404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7d9f8535389452705ef724d647465d6/wuxuxobakamow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sssmri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16853862897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gestaocipa.com/public_html/Imagens/file/42287000581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161314cc0dbec9---rivisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf8d43678236bbdb1f16cc87cc7afa7e/tijunofikolorim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sausalito.com/wysiwygfiles/file/44417643181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indigobaby.eu/upload/files/76412327103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-4/20210904052050321019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanyosushiglendora.com/uploads/files/kelotatutidixinisulomovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=truck+simulator+18+unlimited+moneyPDF 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_off0000b4da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCF1 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 7a2298b8f3f20fe564dd2f40fa22e8e0458a03b54a8a15d352c5732a715dd35a
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C9 13996 bytes
SHA-256: 6b42202cb6588784d44335578ed24c533351b4d0745b2292cc8f780c5cde0abb