Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 630ef26dc015c37d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-06-13 01:19:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d9ec75d519aedb813a46e611a43a2e29 SHA-1: 08ccf8a083556411d8ac498feb365b114a3b10c8 SHA-256: 630ef26dc015c37d38f8e79d740b952d521470ee211f6ad3c12c4191bfc41a57
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=windows+8.1+upgrade+windows+10 PDF link annotation
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607502e132ce0---68509793681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/38212435580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/xulag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gj1mib15c163efdfm4gar17221/luresevubedun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968bc3da27e---mirajelugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f43d79cd90b0ed78c706b5dfa0a03d0/pifazetisatokagetifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924618179af---fotigosipipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceskylakros.cz/userfiles/file/xijabukitepezozodubujuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85d17551c4---23572305166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ae9b65f36---fupaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0763b5352855b425ab7271a60cf0de7/77628052104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076851fdfc5f---58742586529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06rt6le3440fp8spbhspoubjf3/xujizufififezajoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/fujovusirivavedepusebujos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bro1i1auvm99r2hf94o1p4lqd4/dibokutisinegipini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ec0bcd89afd9ba2eeae87657ee9c8ce/85248748147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/dezerojabizemadowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF2F 5420 bytes
SHA-256: 4cfd9c7b0756ac965a1ff12d12993f99452c6a027c36811a70ddc70e5e4cb633
font_01_sfnt_off000101bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101BB 11480 bytes
SHA-256: 43f8a349ceba3c94df799c794feb3415426c41fc99d411ea254f11e04f6cb3b2
font_02_sfnt_off0001284b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1284B 4324 bytes
SHA-256: a542ec26cea93e049a2e27cd59b1347dd9bbdea13775fd7b822b3c2b3136116f