Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30df6c7cfa346063…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-07-05 18:14:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 0db7748267ba77fd5577df3da8cd7c91 SHA-1: 8f1b14b3df342068fc29c192ce8a02fa44e1b027 SHA-256: 30df6c7cfa346063bf5687257b4dae8e0a3c6d258944da460c408bc567f8a893
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=check+it+out+guys PDF link annotation
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e21f6a6ecb---20851578024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989a352e449---fezapup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eia-edu.com/userfiles/file/wamawijiginitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2674a28de0993c582b7149656b93dd83/11751612419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tryinvest.eu/userfiles/files/dugesedutajiluza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/kodudugoxelatirip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles//file/99537473773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608561d8f026e---tosakaradexipubuzab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljbht0er92o3l3q45rmmo6387f/93205550315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afde4f6cc23---38687617195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catherine-massage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pobagimosatujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/nadabipemepigeturujin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca9dd94158---48566369662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfb09c7c7f5---20602939376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4876938454999c05de9a668f77acb244/bolozevudozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lf417ashpa97slg14jjvl30kt3/sipamoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4774164b9---16156966784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c39bc8cc917bbc7b4888821fa5d2db65/pizuzetirawapofusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76fbb28a2df400958c5524b7a31b4279/wowamudojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/10208023497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/72563656852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/12899480000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c9a81d4d2813e46579faf934a122284/bekawezufide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mileschapelcme.org/clients/9/9b/9b85db73e8c1d5ae3bc18b6db4f26039/File/puravaxumajovivijukusex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b818.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB818 10436 bytes
SHA-256: e4635587676ea6027ff6535e6b19502960c8a6594c640d95525babafc5930bb3
font_01_sfnt_off0000cffa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFFA 15420 bytes
SHA-256: fc16f1f6b7e3053abb78b96c86079420e0ae6934ff107a2b06d24d6d2629ca58
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1