Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30fcc888b9b8acf0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-10-01 07:38:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 31d307941c942ee109a008728419f557 SHA-1: d8ce9af7ee8f2d025f89eb22efd9d37822dade97 SHA-256: 30fcc888b9b8acf0c15b891043885a634685dade17004031e99addabc4787bf9
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://boldogelet.hu/media/xejog.pdf
    • https://mailing.crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35647929767.pdf
    • http://szyqjsj.com/UploadFile/file/20210901113305128.pdf
    • https://rizecanreklam.com/images/file/fegatijigodipi.pdf
    • http://mail.me.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210906_065419.pdf
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147518cab37a---23822107521.pdf
    • http://chamdure.com/DATA/files/tadunilopelu.pdf
    • https://ildiko-szepsegszalon.hu/userfiles/file/wilusekuzi.pdf
    • https://grootformaatspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/95857847557.pdf
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/16321890207722.pdf
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615339d1d6753---24019610257.pdf
    • http://westernstudioservice.com/admin/userfiles/file/64464153105.pdf
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/347ad27beb6702796838a75c4a59fd8f/moferugasamiz.pdf
    • https://abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sovutipi.pdf
    • http://mocphatreal.com/assets/images/ckfinder/files/nogoliwegobasiwov.pdf
    • https://parkerboat.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pidegiti.pdf
    • https://proia.bg/userfiles/file/7353818086.pdf
    • https://kampusogrenciyurdu.com/file/vizogubirubasinaj.pdf
    • https://bya-ingenieria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35060965161.pdf
    • https://goooinggroup.com/userfiles/files/20210927_104710.pdf
    • https://billard-hauri.ch/userfiles/file/jagojowutajodijig.pdf
    • http://studioiulianella.it/userfiles/files/parutakiwu.pdf
    • http://tmkb.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78594871034.pdf
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7af62ecddc036d0c017463c538bb185/gutukinu.pdf
    • http://spbi.cz/res/file/78008433456.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=jumanji+welcome+to+the+jungle+yts
    • 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_off0000aff2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFF2 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c809.bin
3adc865dd89914412fa1a5f0afe4bed08f7b9740e090db65f6fc3c5b5100fe89
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC809 10996 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e176.bin
413847d8cbd2656486958116fb61d4858bfebe5a244688a06e26f73a7cae1ac4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE176 14184 bytes