Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 330d390cdf30bfa4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 21:26:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 1206a6e7250e2846008df89b06631240 SHA-1: 1f6acebe0944586883037a78d1632621d26dbea9 SHA-256: 330d390cdf30bfa46a1fdbca70e028b788d576d5db216b54e9c3f4f36f608465
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest an attempt to lure users to external sites for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609efd65cb22c---bitinu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29376d55ee456dba436a4e0420bfd0c7/7519714623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12121aef797355cce691d76d55a05294/marezoziteje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/139ec762a4e7c02c48a078b8ab4abdff/84793090349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1af394a4ebbaf9ade3ab580ef8967bb/gexirizufimokebijab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/ledoratoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51oihkma6o4ils82eik4huug0i/98503292240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08f60fe80bc6473681716890fa9ee045/96056334857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lummoq4q9pv954qbtu2hj9rda1/91468820838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mauspro.net/upload/files/28122017776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ac6f0e533---72290006991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/motisuwomasadotorogat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorinaldibedin.eu/userfiles/files/64462731741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/83552281471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f6a2f02140393fc389d734c1997e869/xojokekuxenigekiresutaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/63212406337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14535687208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cgndnd2kkquevgfd8d58qvpoh3/59808999252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c4bb5f4d9---jogikofaxumovatiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076041856a99---64570462138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74qe59qeatin8gsq0vppk8u4q0/bufigesufitamokojafego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9ad4a8e25---26456754741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/zujaloxibosabexono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=armstrong+book+of+pattern+making+pdfPDF 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_off0000ec4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC4E 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 6fb607e52fa3dff24e6275a846e68a011e3098491ee49b36f43d980c9cfde0f1
font_01_sfnt_off00010587.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10587 17300 bytes
SHA-256: 2d43da4b668ee21dc2d0ed040bdf6099a3f20f654c732e9484a1f79dff5ced10
font_02_sfnt_off0001330b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1330B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1