Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6030d3bd3497dbde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-08-24 17:55:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 52442f06d9cee10ffc55a631dc63d0ac SHA-1: d2f39d2ac946c84f0f2faca070dd719d6c7ab2d8 SHA-256: 6030d3bd3497dbdee38e80c075670ec15fab7966cb0cb7e019854613ceb69cac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://baobianhkhang.com/upload/files/15790929435.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://status-go.net/gfx/userfiles/files/balalanawuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ecbbd5dae2---wuxexen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb31ee9a85---21978037720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609142ee58e17---medigazedewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2a75e956a---bodirenarawanigufifuletid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cnn-logistics.com/asset/files/viwobulix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/at7g60en7pbloc63uajm8vovi5/90831905186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambient-interier.cz/files/files/zojabikarusutezakunumegid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents//files/kuxananivemusuwudosaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/xewoxavavujenazaxosavelet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaprius-custom.com/js/upload/files/bevofebuwopijuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/69440587847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c533f8c2797ae0cb0bc7f7d07f90279/jejasexinepulusililazaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u2kfcsgfslvp6u4n6qjvj6r7n0/83396814638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a16c88d863e---65202642927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a10bad2478---75434742937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8588d217da---53625540468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6410248536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110830198d18---67403182854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amadesafar.ir/basefile/amadesafarir/files/25636302268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuxihemei.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210603_193444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/51758365081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coomargroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86572731078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalilak1.com/userfiles/file/dobeluboranamoxuxitek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+open+invalid+pdf+formatPDF 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_off0000ecf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECF4 17768 bytes
SHA-256: f7ec139d5404ff885a2877822daf1e41c0b8913c7e7dffaed751d854b82aaf77
font_01_sfnt_off00011b65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001337c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1337C 10632 bytes
SHA-256: ee3bdce6fd179fc6a2abc66ee453e7a8801e00d1075d8c8ced10c15e56148d54