Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30d92ad31a8951ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-08-25 18:01:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9942b88c4d264eab39a7efff630def5c SHA-1: 2466c9dfd674335734c2b0d358049bfe289592ba SHA-256: 30d92ad31a8951ad6af87f6811e1025d7e1b63e3c25695122d0fe803a7447661
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a malicious document designed to exploit user trust.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9866

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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 http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0252669f36---32107027421.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/fasenifibepogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aa9c85c5db6b9bfb1415bcfbf26a542/devakasudis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93d7b778832a04243233967e8809004b/dabukowerimivaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.com/data/cms/file/borifujomoloni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioturina.com/userfiles/files/wusug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8dcb78bf30---xuxafinetavasisakatibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paramountswimwear.com/userfiles/files/xozaluzebaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607587b7507db---65385569785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087297414ce9---65774039075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaydantuongphongngudep.com/images/news/file/peviwuvigapopasipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3c6e8b7cb---fosipigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/lopubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mv8nhcan1rm024e3h8q0t822o4/40776661598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/tatolilizababafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160defce36adba---32830528353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b95f8458afd283dd166fed091d67e6c/loxigutonat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maclashoes.it/file/43478321152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6ab2f739ce---gitezifabominurogolefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://murtenhof.ch/userfiles/files/55226501530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f0645fa18f2b3a76853edfbdae042cd/senagekorokofazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/70946754304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsrmmessina.it/userfiles/files/72195976634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilieroccasion.fr/uploads/file/wurarufokiwimov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuppersbusch-center.ru/uploads/files/kajajitumusegogoroxamajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/nigipujegawufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/xizesusafiwupojowetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=why+are+you+looking+for+a+new+job+answer+examplesPDF 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_off00010978.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10978 11464 bytes
SHA-256: bf1b440480e4c6d09aab370292f17870a994006559003a32cac288dc10450dc6
font_01_sfnt_off0001242c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1242C 17152 bytes
SHA-256: 294217558e4869b3c323d5bf8ca70d75f9942cd3101fe30ba15be91bfc9e255c
font_02_sfnt_off000150ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1