Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c30f8f1b88ca038e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-09 22:03:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9f1e5f56e7712da465bef79e5c2ca8af SHA-1: 33d65290c1cbe87c5f65c9c9a1cdf710c90b4484 SHA-256: c30f8f1b88ca038e2062a94b150f81e940c6e4d0bbf6a4ed191df9b7c335f026
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/59968631449.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fbc5d1d48ba61e95322a73935219d20/48740473017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdaudit.ro/userfiles/file/lasalubuwubodipukoguvite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/dejumakunezirabawuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monktonlionsclubkidscamp.com/clients/9/99/99b8b5517e5fb663501b7ee5137ebf55/File/6585442120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eqonetech.com/upload/userfiles/files/67457589119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de9ae81b25f6b132d5202b59e60dd48c/nisutiperarun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuwulunumodufuxaxaxijifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uhy-th.com/image/upload/files/nuwabuzupidegixuvasupiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentremedic.cat/files/galeria/files/72235150566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/957644439410d340e09a3fff67fa3013/68672317771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf27252ae1c4ddfa122a0621de4d3ad0/tugemilowonifemokevum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1410e75e8a---mudukovojogifukulepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scherzerpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/28041596573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/72891783932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattingtoemrerogsnedker.dk/userfiles/file/76575740988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc15c49a4b70b0e71fa47514e0c72c77/fojenobison.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/64937320161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eg6culjqm54eqlah93adlffup1/wewuvepefakokofetezuwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd6094c122a19c6e1bc6355081862ab7/jofuwirewujedin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.parkwaytransplant.com/media_upload/upload/files/wowekuduketosako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e692a4fdcb9b78911eb3b491fc91afa3/najosopafel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/27417760379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160903227d7837---lujotenoxivowokaxureneji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23e7f1bce11c44e8d0d623870c35b728/73800609762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=problemas+resta+de+fraccionesPDF 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_off0000f19f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF19F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109B1 18012 bytes
SHA-256: be1c4ac727843a242c24005bd600a9d9ce1c12ca385b68a01d49fed106855ef5
font_02_sfnt_off000137b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137B5 10776 bytes
SHA-256: a0b3c7e7495f3cc827936a9f43f69b7dc995afa3cc6e596d70e82e1575fa54b3