Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a30e8fc2d6112df8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-08-14 00:35:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5fb165432b6b69504f3888c85c5b5638 SHA-1: 77143ef2c5ca5f7d415884bb5d7afb9d1b1a96b2 SHA-256: a30e8fc2d6112df86c44c1daa0704dd020fbfdf0124428238b6db7101e374a6d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple websites, some of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to download an archive, which is then password-protected to evade gateway scanning. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://fewo-spreewald-schoetzigk.de/brandenburgtag/img/editor/file/tipiregewut.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://m-astar.com/UserFiles/files/bodaguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4d3a05fe0---sogejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dnmpaint.com/sdcc/images/file/88280128005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d728bf6239b57508e3ad27b802cbdbe/27312177698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/70019944756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apgr.eu/UserFiles/file/55141512480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spamsmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/1184086821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021062511460076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94a4994ee3---85339351602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00107d9f62---86234160334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f71c17ee5b---duwekezizuxugedob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/sefazizetikenudomuwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web5gstore.com/Files/files/56328986143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abdc1c3080d---18727678242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaihungthinh.com/uploads/images/files/80070739414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/83831974853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incucinaconalberta.com/userfiles/files/wuget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=driver+wifi+para+canaima+letras+rojas+windows+7PDF 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_off0000d092.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD092 17532 bytes
SHA-256: 6b739b60fff9b6859439fa1447ad4afc1a36bedb94379f8e10e72a4f8ae1931a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD34 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 62cc7b162d933ab288e2cf9a8b5f5be9d363472112126947677243304be2bbce
font_02_sfnt_off00011735.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11735 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1