Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30e43c5bb36bb540…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 21:36:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4714ec14ad81eb5e375871052c1b68e8 SHA-1: 5949fe1c72aa0baa19f18db72f459a9572c547c5 SHA-256: 30e43c5bb36bb540c29da6fb4582b0af15f6e1778e112180c2614cb23bfae1af
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is a PDF file identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs indicates a potential phishing or spam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/dimonivegunifonela.pdf
    • http://feynburg-uhren.de/uploads/12141971286.pdf
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hm0vpvjpi03cdn6941oicfc7rm/25981973752.pdf
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e37f899fd---8567368890.pdf
    • https://svetplus.com/userfiles/files/vekaz.pdf
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15187c83307dbc8f368b2d603b91af3d/pogipolokigetakaf.pdf
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f126e67f4643ce8291e1af4a55e7e9fe/75317863958.pdf
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/luwoverozibupexuxitelaxu.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a31f21d8d9---vikewuwijumoselijaluvo.pdf
    • http://bestorkate.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/xejagujatenagus.pdf
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1b850deed2a66fed08e9d031225eaa1/xebokukovujubezupozove.pdf
    • https://diphong.com/uploads/59884292852.pdf
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/92604945053.pdf
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d8262267a7---85170204079.pdf
    • https://mangonebike.com/uploads/file/jegedudujotavimamepag.pdf
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e33530d4c72301cceacbb93c3c3f26f/28658988122.pdf
    • https://udruga-invalida.hr/files/muwojawe.pdf
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5vvj8daivs0gdkccoi4fiq4jln/punutex.pdf
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a83715e3d---95712264913.pdf
    • http://gilendor.cz/userfiles/file/74799894063.pdf
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802cb9f37b3---pefunoziwusilusedawabi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=cremation+in+english
    • 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_off0000e436.bin
74690efdc2612b70e6cee9528e0d980413d6894024717a3eea19b01c7ad7ba8d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE436 10584 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc2f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC2F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011441.bin
d924199e4f866c15a99b5e045a6f619442a99848322b8f26dc5c163526901acc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11441 16928 bytes