Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d030676548b82d51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:50:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 02e5ae0c4a5376981847c56a5c7b639a SHA-1: 110516a59fff555dc9099fce545a30fd293efc37 SHA-256: d030676548b82d51ed6500fb419ff7d897580b687173887bac03235065ad8f71
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage compromised infrastructure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 http://siripanyalamphun.com/user_img/files/kepegiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021062609124473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullprotec.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/witon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/333eeb5d3d8240d95dc7c94b3d80749d/lapukiteri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnyor.az/userfiles/file/56242517458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigercabinetry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/714588ec625ab265777c0a3333caa36c/64218088032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608151e2c09b9---60445848511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819f991c726---winamuziwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klawiatury-foliowe.pl/_data/file/kavakofav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/en5ka15jrtsuis1h1ls0rpp561/pusoluresijefiwexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd70df03bb8---mowofalazuvenedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celiapopememorial.com/clients/4/45/45605e685ba8a3b32f56966823665796/File/90750243951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshamrockpublecco.it/file/58305189174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g3vd7rkf417h5q9hb4b5320cqa/96065958985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aparcaderoshaddaichile.cl/uploads/images/files/bolusefuvaxebino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conelser.hu/fck_uploads/file/wezirew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petraifevronii.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bevuwifutekese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprzybranowo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42445571034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf530e7e5b9---megejulomupeloxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/lativapekuxowitadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n8d5chv8tnoscrjaespv67065t/vowedibevuxejoxefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021060801144655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5f9d407865a099aca49d914c6bc7d23/wuxubuwexelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://12shio5.com/contents//files/gujovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=international+institute+of+biotechnology+and+toxicologyPDF 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_off0000d060.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD060 18316 bytes
SHA-256: 4983ac1f7ee3769cbfb3fb9d938951512f0fbe9b24fa059f186ee94fa066742d
font_01_sfnt_off00010031.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10031 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 541e5693c12eaa66a9f5b3f75a64d79fb98117a4f65d45434cd74eb51d1852af
font_02_sfnt_off00011a0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A0D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1