Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c30b966311bf131…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.1 KB Created: 2021-08-04 02:03:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d5bd64352e5207deb8fe6336dbe3cd8b SHA-1: c17c157772a087a8fcb24cc40bcc838ef0c14e72 SHA-256: 4c30b966311bf131ba0cf29a8d423af756a3dfab7d7746a30c0b3346271ae41a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, with several heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Notably, some links point to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a tactic to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/2711608211.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bigband-ulm.de/userfiles/files/juvowafadubavozemuweju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbsinternationalschool.org/sbsisnew/userfiles/file/sotoxurimes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/usrg65dbdctu7t6a02d9sve536/92506959339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rsf3jkb2dfmkbvurvfqm0far7q/52661367993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4772a410a---kabatopegedapivob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intergeored.com/upload/File/31237426785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72f63b6ad54cd509b3d65d3953891256/72381612904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unibel.pl/pliki/upload/file/wasuvodifanivunosifabuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.as/userfiles/file/73162157569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuzeyilac.com/resimler/files/turutelubevugabufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halmar.info/userfiles/file/mogofowufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/xomamonoxogupufedexure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876176ab746---ligugede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://havanic.com/cache/fck_files/file/kufipuwexaluwuxoguvidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84811664715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/zupegap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/guzewonejufosilumusuviwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782e2a72794---jaxotaxexakituvilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aehv2u6q4mish150eo8bjtkkd0/57119350001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fi81ptu24c3hvifs47na0rf63g/kabebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rewaqousha.net/userfiles/files/34010467692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26027550e51587e40d0d0f9e1ef43e1e/85495010613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33d94253a1e357a01b858d83de14c366/vogopipoweramobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=can+i+substitute+whole+milk+for+heavy+cream+in+alfredo+saucePDF 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_off000110c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110C0 18116 bytes
SHA-256: 56ecc1e2ce31c1e9c31295ebee233b343ab65bebc6cb5aae87523c4696d0b46a
font_01_sfnt_off0001404e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1404E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015865.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15865 11368 bytes
SHA-256: a9ff81c456666f7b482c9cdddcc588600c5002c4275e7e3a92298b9ab4343c7f