Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30e6d73df6ef2715…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:21:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 61d68d8db8f834665c4a962f2c1d0378 SHA-1: d25f0c00e62fa62c772e094182ebe72a540adabd SHA-256: 30e6d73df6ef2715454bbb0b4406ecc5efe13980af84923670e362cc648babb5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic firings indicate it's a link farm designed to redirect users, and ClamAV detected it as a phishing trojan. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=adverbial+phrases+worksheet+with+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://www.leposeur.fr/site/upload/ckfinder/files/67466597968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607172f7c4cc6---gimazenenafozijebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608564b357289---milemimepituzuvago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nioecq8l3lgcbo3chh8kegm4g1/detawexozokebosagakidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pi-consulting.ch/download/bewiwamilekimatij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94924fa335ad081fe2b8b00e72234091/fejuzedavudokiwoxased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/pabak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9fe1bb9357---ligofefazagedeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5v041cn97ls2ii6foifq8l3ned/luzituxobamuxeriguma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609473aeaa893---saxivol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/peberewumebenud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6adf38868---23107359807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/43068459856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608088f593129---83362611278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazdedziecko.pl/_files/Media/file/fivam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubforeducation.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/pagazijiparomabaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gumigemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/siwikikijiditotopukuvuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1d64c39da1---gifaruxogakuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myupfield.link/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gupkc0knm7rpk4nn1fbf13lrkc/marufezerisawabawawafisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/40299352268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/16201959287483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salukool.ee/upload/userfiles/file/fuvoverebajokugojajufum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b1886258a1fe2863a0d51c7e528f171/kudot.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_off0000cdac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5BE 17200 bytes
SHA-256: bb865e09cad5d2f4eeea5c9fd26a88d9fc413a18681898cfccc981c1c2fa8496
font_02_sfnt_off00011263.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11263 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 9213e6f353c93b49b872d0c4eda0b2c27f3750e1f388ce78dec99c76dd4a59bc