Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c30f6d907dc4af9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-29 06:03:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 343aae2a14e19df4a5a175665df975e5 SHA-1: 1d3df06318d52661bf1a72ada07e103464e2d596 SHA-256: c30f6d907dc4af9b4607b587429f7d8cdfc2d7bb19be339e9814ef8ad9945125
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload or phish for credentials via the linked sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mass+effect+andromeda+gameplay+combat PDF link annotation
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/2021925828538663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargiskola.ge/myadmin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41221199729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-manzokudou.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/turixopetokesonivep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gysanya.com/upload/file/2109210737559915581lrjic7jotor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hurghadalife.net/userfiles/files/noguwuwokobaketupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgekc.com/media/userfiles/file/37342219392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4681b06a257c44e9d8e001aa51352b14/fugugivotib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abhimaninteriors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nigula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/95371127032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tattooindex.nl/images/uploads/zimikafip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0174d20c5371028be041f6d57ff2f438/94723516465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corkpotters.com/images/84137774295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iuoshili.com/upload/users/files/35561498039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e59889e59502efd4efa56d2eaa11d3/wenorigivutegusuvan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wish-pharma.com/upload/files/1078159028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab056e54ce620b4314fabb0db78728b0/84928860785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevinctekstil.com/resimler/files/fesajakefigodazif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image/files/kodaxudox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2472f5834bea89c8f141dfcce1c9334/zetekekoduwexizinen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranch.pl/files/file/93365308747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45900091625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/15579650120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapmaymn.samdigroup.vn/app/webroot/upload/files/kobikipavupegok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vatlieulamnha.com/media/ftp/file/9757620171.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_off0000b2eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2EB 15844 bytes
SHA-256: f1a31c2958ea6e7d1f85787b90bc80c232fd127a5cd27ae70b8a61922c30bad9
font_01_sfnt_off0000db10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB10 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 2f5b1a3ba00c133796ec6234e04ebddcaf6de905ca5660f5ac775712df1a4c25
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1