Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a30b11a3c908ceed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:16:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ee62f92e6361e40fc4b5dc5be69c690b SHA-1: dadf6c0aa9a2d1f18bb904c7434bda29b457ec54 SHA-256: a30b11a3c908ceed14515c9c1f86967fbbe197890be4bf1d51d19e57b99dbbe8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic suggests a link farm designed to manipulate search results or direct users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+type+of+rock+has+foliation PDF link annotation
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/35187876291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t7thfjpe16ee2je3l10l51m5q2/mopatavebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/13268936568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/86151587970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ea1073e165---bulejejodurokenawekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3269da81b9a02e3c86e99b9417c27ba1/67239323744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockpapersun.com/upload_mce_image/file/wofovut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibconsulting.it/userfiles/files/setonasiwilol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slippersymposium.com/clients/875641/File/waxopatikunepur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsradviseurs.nl/mailing/images/photo/file/janurijaxuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prd3ppqiqsch6o8jb0urgmelmm/57598600100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a687917f912---95491174620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/28836745072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/wewap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d77d57362---xodoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///11800679681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/300b8572a53beb74e0a7c41098e90862/rebixuzubeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2ps136mm8j0bteet4ek79o8pn/dimidinutivoduvan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/gewadan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canevastoilestjean.com/upload/editor/file/mulozarisamatorunukati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b63b47796b8---78081430703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunesistudio.eu/userfiles/files/71693203286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinical-pain.com/pds/userfiles/files/zirepapupenilivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cba5b37ff78---13557548120.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_off0000f10e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF10E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010925.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10925 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 5cd975bc20e9f118c006ea49d87e4376bcc46d048e6d762bb393a031a5c3251e
font_02_sfnt_off000121f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F4 16856 bytes
SHA-256: 403a55c556eb3f99ee08d6462dbea005eebe6e4b044a53df4b0ce2d62cf4b576