Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c30cfe52727c5bc7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:22:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d8b94d5f1a1cb5bec3649079c96891a3 SHA-1: 67eb9a57fb50f5c7c264745fe601ed4e6bc2b3d5 SHA-256: c30cfe52727c5bc7b91600cd81c74d54d99fabb349bfbb5765b2b0956c0c4408
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicates that some links lead to WordPress upload storage, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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
  • 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 https://m-astar.com/UserFiles/files/46658453386.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://centerforsurgery.com/uploads/file/16611230139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betheaskssd.com/flash/betheaskssd.com/file/80385100104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsuorui.com/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210704/file/16253548198107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa9e0c7ee4d06f6d1b450f724398babe/8940474172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13e7af0ae0ebffcfd69a65e6eaf2d62e/31286509090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnsonsdynastyincfamilyassociation.com/clients/10108/File/jigibubokesexuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/93713671512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pebak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608331b5aca41---21049302359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a600ts68nmcvrjgjd76f4dodc/56801607530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/peretuzokekafotutikafuram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mldom.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/68126098553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f2b1d2afc---94430960242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alzubidi.com/userfiles/files/27525576667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/dixisufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trinityautorepairs.com/uploads/files/1514365618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbezcba9a5aggb3j.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3075344803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pj1ruj08j3prj94jauahpi5i2b/xikonefezusasiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/21751702864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4csjjr6agh4df0284qlgj091r/rufotuzosadusolidiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesmashclub.com/imgUpload/files/tofekuteparakome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/436ab757a9ecc71120f88e1f762a485a/71041740843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=most+dangerous+jungles+in+the+worldPDF 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_off0000b6b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cec8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEC8 14752 bytes
SHA-256: 3e1ba87e66961bd270e0039c81244fd4a12af4132b9ed7f5825165d6f1df985f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3FF 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 3923ec78ede4a7767be48de9e754c2d85d8af09fc5f9c59f9e5f88db67635e17