Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 530b65c56dd122e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

138.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:08:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d0e0b2d50a392cc2c977ecef9002e902 SHA-1: 7778c26db8c330dcf1cfcfbc4974280ead04bcd5 SHA-256: 530b65c56dd122e0b5058631ee1c4a4319bfe62b6bbd59375844b19e413514a2
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with several URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely serving as a distribution point for malicious files. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document's purpose is to trick users into downloading and decrypting a password-protected archive, which is a common tactic for evading gateway security and delivering malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=asus+tablet+k010+user+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b19a52885dc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/files/60054709937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhoffordphotography.com/temp/files/file/99386161555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/irv1nfpbbvvc2t56ajbsb030m2/76584222009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210823_171406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/78744156822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706c60e2ee3---sobek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/kavipenadir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/negirojimemafojuromisen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa5f53a86c---wesug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgekoldun.com/var/upload/file/63724942903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beysukonaklari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2972405914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-lubertsy.ru/upload_picture/file/87064330936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maremio.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wesisemigosatikipafiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/80394790533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22789734128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66403786177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e34959b62639e17f9c46a2ae094f94f7/retomagupazanubutisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detaycopymatbaa.com/userfiles/file/mujogababeduzipom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af39a6b2bff224753f94d621b7e82d48/jupizetekebikamufetosimuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walosports.cl/userfiles/file/kifovetelon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088246282529---77233888842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vv0iuu0571u33vavmvi1h73bq9/14838125382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.santamyoga.be/images/file/mutadoxosuwipevexoxedifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iziusb.com/userfiles//file/domibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001b6f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B6F7 19488 bytes
SHA-256: b82be0d43dcdb82b132ca9de2b0f11ddd4d66a10e8ccec21090d042f42741341
font_01_sfnt_off0001e9fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E9FB 10544 bytes
SHA-256: e0b880e0361bdcb03c114569363d97188405c95d11ce3bd63dd0b7a90d1017ab
font_02_sfnt_off00020221.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20221 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1