Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 630fbf4cfa80d512…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-05-29 13:54:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: a069a2a9f68117ac569ca1dd0fd2166c SHA-1: 9d28a471656662184ff8ac8e55e8788fc634573f SHA-256: 630fbf4cfa80d512f5577c9b014f68bd4661694367e8973e8d8d2e09e9282453
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, suggests a lure related to 'three essays on the theory of sexuality' to encourage users to click these links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites.

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=three+essays+on+the+theory+of+sexuality+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0h30dltji78qdh82fpl4l48jap/jexututod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/3063550968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083024e97f48---21729954309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file/%5C/2600338647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1afd003095367286f994cd0622e244a3/57961441125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascinamana.it/userfiles/file/pafaxakuleraki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/juv2t7a4fb72p3u8d6024vvh7r/3096790925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5808a32442---fafom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/892d67d75596982a69320e67ab545ebc/falifukumozagotinedejaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782d5bed0cc---44432978867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/npgj2bp2si8plhn565f87gjn5g/35940682722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/xaraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee39d0ff74d610bef2fd4a616c50a996/suwaduxilitavogepurero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d32a9818d3---87728641087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d12bc1d23972c63e995eed13d03be84/dugimesenumofasewomilujos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a612d812232---fikedamilawininuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD456 5248 bytes
SHA-256: 078cc808997381883372e2fdc4adea95705f1a104b98aab72833a51cd17e45c8
font_01_sfnt_off0000e636.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE636 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 37a3fb771e89c5d5199219a4af4967292e4389e25e6999c109de3df59e3e181d