Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30e1294fefecd4ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-06-12 17:19:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d475be85ae2073218f8600ba61fa0fd0 SHA-1: 5add59f6fe9a9e7397b865cddf4a366294ebe2bb SHA-256: 30e1294fefecd4ed7bff2c0b9906c9d351cce7ce647e3b0b585da746a0b8ea90
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely intended to lure users into phishing scams or malware downloads. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to leverage SEO poisoning or other deceptive tactics to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=belle+and+sebastian+movie+review PDF link annotation
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778dc7566d7---7404738144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5522c9a86---lirolalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f47dbd7cda59369757a1b5bc4cc5a73b/17316307429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evpltravel.com/xv_image/file/duzabumekixoxiwuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2122461416---jibet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a551a39077---78046503166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/39346351295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983ca851de4---87486823807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29473d689fc4d16da99d5cb85ee24a92/26932001628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e04e4892dca7caab82a7f13c3a29fe6b/87507803514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/jugifiloru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f083744d2e---63505417556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budapestpainter.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98927964329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917ed8c80ab---31354127965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljabmke2rqafj7tjicgutjc12b/bimugevupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/duvujudixorofonifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zovsh.com/Uploadfiles/files/dufir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccb93807de824a7248bce91bb54a6e87/fowexilimamomafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opentle.orgIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.htmlIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001029b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1029B 5100 bytes
SHA-256: 1d35bcfe0fdace8eec54a7c3953cc879d1326d55ed3bb472bfcb0eabfce7a8e8
font_01_sfnt_off000113d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113D8 6148 bytes
SHA-256: 0b38f6fd5e0b54bfa22d5adee1cfe00629fe134100fc7cfc1ad14a2ab7974207
font_02_sfnt_off000123b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123B8 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 4a56e677dcb02343a3676def4e20a702978847c4cdd3bfdf36be8aeeab76e535
font_03_sfnt_off0001493b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1493B 4324 bytes
SHA-256: 1062cd8ddf90f4344fa193b395386d5669df1a952e5759311ca261a71931f361