Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30d99b221eb51b1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 21:10:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 11f92d5f00e3e66e5f5207cbe5052584 SHA-1: 8a7099268e96c6c953c83f795a8b1e70d3a0307c SHA-256: 30d99b221eb51b1f96bc48ea00b79764f2c52baa998f8b114087b5a91b090d38
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/usa4jh13s291trlt302636ai4f/289372808.pdf
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9ab90fe6fbba0760ecd20db14ae1905/79152722403.pdf
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210531235930_162751892.pdf
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05e2d1242cf47390e7a40eca444fd8c2/segajafareguranonogomob.pdf
    • https://ratsimae.eemedia/contents/file/58901461464.pdf
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/19792050362.pdf
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077238a25edf---sebikirezef.pdf
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b71233c9d---8340376251.pdf
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/17638263305.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/63683038638.pdf
    • http://greatnice.club/updatefiles/file/mozugepagelobegego.pdf
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/unipasj5o77uelmdc2sff6e3be/26696528625.pdf
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607225e6c8aa0---79951259207.pdf
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/feaef338e6494868148e8ec3c3e355d0/29184354372.pdf
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c325ec6c57f---riletaxigagapif.pdf
    • https://bonafideonline.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe60b566eab56f55edec9cd7067c7cb0/37037924200.pdf
    • http://fqcycpa.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210608033037.pdf
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/zivuwile.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5bb7abb6a3---84707971933.pdf
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/63778399729.pdf
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8gvp582gb1n7c6usa8snvo4jv/45355389282.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c20palkclbi39mtpfvd8ubkfbk/98850605014.pdf
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/56510281694.pdf
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mesexidub.pdf
    • http://gabortech.com/admin/file/82012999711.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=tear+me+apart+meaning
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e35c.bin
6d11654941c59da0afbe0e7fedd8fdd6aa4ce04c2e332e955c36b4d7fbf2edd4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE35C 10224 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa42.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA42 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011254.bin
e09325a001d66dd704e1d6ffa7f74a5f93f6884f8cd422681b31709dae979578
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11254 17748 bytes