Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30ff23dcfb44468d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:38:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 86940e7754c4cc10c778907e3964dadf SHA-1: d0e36b62b090d0da4ddcfd159e280fcd8858610f SHA-256: 30ff23dcfb44468d4cda8d57926382faea5dfd44db1e1292aa9fbadad329e76e
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This suggests a multi-stage attack where the initial PDF serves as a lure to redirect users to further malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, supporting this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 5

  • 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 http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077473d85778---zomit.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/151f6fa7914de2d0fd1359c489d43d7b/bolirupati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playbabydoll.com/userfiles/file/bilakalelarodakiketawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ofitecnic.es/files.ofitecnic/fck_up/file/nekelibuxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alemarferries.alemarsnp.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vodiferusipizixuvex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/digepelawezepivetexegonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keletunderground.hu/images/uploaded_pics/file/13128776902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0cf456d41a---musovinakutotilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b65e5efbf---10751122485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/78840642013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/48848102430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.net/ckfinder/images_store/files/60774563898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21c1631ff5edb08361c08ad5577d5f03/firunofamiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turhantur.com/turhantur/files/68057670121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/korojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oykufestivali.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71142465165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ridersshop.it/file/44251241621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenmag.cz/userfiles/file/51185768987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://earthtalismanjewelry.com/clients/b/b2/b27d4d76c51cd35ccef873a204118430/File/wumiwijafonejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicyazd.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63871817866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/60298912151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609845426099e---mavibirevujiranor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/vimufuromurokowigudap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=grindhouse+shift+user+manualPDF 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_off0000d40c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD40C 17128 bytes
SHA-256: 068550b158163d2937fbb3da42c7102bf3c8f7e35a3d6f367110786c6a834b7f
font_01_sfnt_off0001004d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1004D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11864 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 706b919ad8ab755a07dc4e8b4a3da77913052d12da033f47d00b7ed80bd9cf3c