Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30ee563f2f7aa506…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:53:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b8858ab2ef199b1b365016c05baee117 SHA-1: 2d257f7a00f0a36085512a6a24c047cff681c277 SHA-256: 30ee563f2f7aa506277214dbfbd6d2fd3695c99a62135ce55ce93939a81c97fb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sample+paper+of+chemistry+class+12+cbse+2021+with+solution PDF link annotation
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/74929487055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1807f6f7db2cedf04dabb8d84c1066b0/87052105771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d0f8ceaf1---muzoxopoxuzolukujedexot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4nv1o28nblt27647lji5nn6597/zatomolipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tb0ef5smqddgaha0q3atuqgsrn/zowega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766ebcc8fcd---79287163995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/48690469732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd510b9c27e---pilonomogovifobesifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foreverymuslim.net/home1/forevev3/public_html/foreverymuslim/upload/file/xosagefowagonoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m339ojsk76dgsvpm1mjg3nfrun/75378603518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722d3d1ff10---13821755334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/muzuvewawaderasimunafuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/45517141739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nibrasimansch.com/userfiles/files/zimojivateb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohsclassof70.com/clients/3/31/31ca850ff086a58b81c8700e10a01852/File/40318786284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/27657980249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05582fc21dc77611f09f81740ec2d77b/56567691712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4f7bbe14ae---7573201549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bd9d8ffffc6d17dba036a70f30616d2/guronolepugiranasagero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6db0db5a59---wubejaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30970775da0575db1ba6ec3257ab70e1/90148995860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standartbio.com/fckfiles/file/sagixagelorebobajegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannoorpally.com/uploads/file/dopumulalovurewogotijedaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/08/09/56156850420.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_off0000e138.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE138 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f94a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF94A 17572 bytes
SHA-256: ea7a1eeeab7c40a2e0a38956875ba966d348fed3d2cae6d61f20b5c23251675a
font_02_sfnt_off00012680.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12680 11556 bytes
SHA-256: 0338b4845b974d3655913d9a2b4162a142e559a2fb53bd79e537a1816922a3cc