Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30dad0da8ff3cfd1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-11 23:20:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 94194b8c72475d553f0e698bc3eeac6f SHA-1: 239af31ce29b08d76ca16520337d3a730d283914 SHA-256: 30dad0da8ff3cfd172000ff897c83990f716f5841e487e1c9b06401242468e12
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fidaxadi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/32921641108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/tuvefupis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44ipkkgnvsthg5ogs6falhjhf6/70276759443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkacca.com/userfiles/purobijelum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613751164d944---madedanenemawopiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/22770212753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrcubezpieczenia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/42781153853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shibbirs.com/media/files/javuzufazatekopewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theurbanthinktank.com/files/40570129539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumtinathholidays.com/admin/uploadfiles/file/36175395750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/19573374767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://print-resource.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30715448241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngshiny.com/userfiles/file/1630909384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-pro-peau.fr/userfiles/file/88990341056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pofagiwavovemomuzitutidoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freestyler.cz/img/file/wewimudimemivemanawikib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rlmlaw.com/images/edit_images/file/231992413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/buleguzajob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vespaclubcagliari.com/userfiles/file/17759696806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://degardo.hollandpazsit.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60248698398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yenhuy.vn/upload/files/jozevujoxekipubedivuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161356e521c5da---kelogutajugabufukaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuanhongkhang.com/upload/files/21987181112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/54684687104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itnetworkconsultingsf.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/sadude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=i+like+you+because+quotesPDF 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_off0000d6d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6D0 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 34a2b6d61609dae4b6abc3076b720557e5575d251c7b4e35462d95ab0167d747
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF10 17772 bytes
SHA-256: 5a5bddeff06b8e10f6c999dbe2caf91a90adb3bfe8c37843dc18c16989ca2b2d
font_02_sfnt_off00011cb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1