Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30fdbf5e25788999…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 19:53:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 839b6fbfdfc7fdce697b03ad4d1243e1 SHA-1: 2c0068854594cca6e53a9f2fa7d2289d84de3065 SHA-256: 30fdbf5e257889996c2c2b956139f9cb8cc7e9b0c8857c96fb3f4bf300c3a669
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggests an attempt to trick the user into downloading a payload. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' strongly indicates the document is designed to prompt the user to provide a password for an archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/15847948686.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aab1e79810a5535df5b0ffa29b120a20/14923269008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/miwunilezamivewebirizuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsaltsj.com/uploads/files/93640671354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologicatoscana.eu/userfiles/files/37934927489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613433ac29cca---donobogasawabovenek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/68974605978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmeds.us/userfiles/file/75435443110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.privathospitaletkollund.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vitiwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d89bf25f28adc0ddb89355febd66b50/livizajinoromitujola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/62758349031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maysoi.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/sojipapupejujokupusiroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/766c4e011b3fcaf1445832feaa55d0f1/71837090764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-orlandini.com/userfiles/files/37984299224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wigs4less.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/52008327616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://degardo.hollandpazsit.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13462657344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clainvest.pl/userfiles/file/zeduni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45756836868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesvil.it/filesUploads/file/vokoxegefoxavixat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltes.tw-goods.com/UserFiles/files/moxepizifebotijerisepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pr-dienst.ch/file/69738193700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liburnia.pl/userfiles/file/19772392828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141783a310c3---xevopivuluminadosukogaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insolite.lu/img/userfiles/files/72529741507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alisawedding.com/upload/users/files/jakoguzoginowixidanuvopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=gta+iso+file+download+for+ppssppPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000df82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF82 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 00f8ceb460254e1dbdf7b5ee11a3f3a6d459bcc6250fcceb505db999f66de5fc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011011.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11011 17388 bytes
SHA-256: de838db42d10e7d573cf8d6852e746f381f806a778a4f8fdf1847e65f3c21006