Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30f6304c9724c2d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-06-16 01:24:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 553bbba60d5bfc0e91343da68446cb5f SHA-1: f20790999030a06fa4f6eaac8276f6fe34379d0a SHA-256: 30f6304c9724c2d954c26b93c4940f9cad7161441650b8e1f4523c122c72d8c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving exploitation for client execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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=jumanji+escape+room+level+6 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081aed5593ca---46967590893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/26158657210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc54314fb0---vurunodadukamoxuzosefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/sofuwumabefipekemunojed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ccb5ee1e66---80180333329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835daebabcc---32992316125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://local-atlas.ru/userfiles/files/19271720148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/67540848257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/buvebasufobidekepobotax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehegp6dkajh26d1h9b8v1b4dsv/fasuvisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0137410eb876f0965c710156a202668/99310691819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/55884829901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947457a4150---govinepegebidupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/olj48d5igp70r30eqf3pn9djo6/82142820391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cde10c0959---dimoreguderelevofugekin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocken.se/anvandarbilder/258/files/jozarusafowewukizezime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/5270590743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e0e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0E7 5160 bytes
SHA-256: ade544d484cf38238bae87783dfde4a0bb8017fc4177e1e76f6e1f4e564ef08d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f256.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF256 10508 bytes
SHA-256: d2b0730b23be10c53e3103f3678dd9e38325b0b8b23f7985a8722db550824b08
font_02_sfnt_off000115e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115E1 4324 bytes
SHA-256: cd94ef65598b1866d0653cdd88243d989fd81359c0e770c2d3a4858f1c2f6d34