Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d30a3a10d9ed562d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:14:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: cfdb2a5967e1808a25dffbe513fb50df SHA-1: 1762ed2173a5c3a14b7926e476ee1ac18c4b8aa4 SHA-256: d30a3a10d9ed562dbb4ff888187e2b779c724ce287396705ab1387331620de70
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which host PDF files within WordPress plugin upload directories, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to direct users to potentially harmful external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29eh1b3khoc83m9kmglhvtssif/7387189719.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836065e3208---tikokigezopamin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c09bc4396b---rafimuxofaduwizopawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d07ea83a9d---pabizusalobajixowudiwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosvag.ru/img/lib/file/75860877341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santchavarabed.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56709564857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartmedia.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/24560992913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160892b1e3962b---13341831308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/roganofokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f2199f13c---zekatinem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/77548556191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chipublichouse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nowetunevog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987e4be01a3---kopuwegesilewemafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/56820370323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdb3m1a0or0uh75ltmvoa1as25/47054904507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e4d6c710a51b326736dbf5ef32101eb/71604477653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/wexulogigoxuzilovet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860dfd09821---95275063351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camwater.org/media/files/tefitebufinevuxufiwevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/dikosijapikeset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7059dc9c80---wetavidedafufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duplisite.com/userfiles/file/movimekasibajavawowolif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/75674849978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ceae3d255---zosigexadedunegusuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1aciafukn10vd3g7df7i952r7/vadixodif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/vujimusananupukuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=smsl+sa-98e+manualPDF 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_off0000d5c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD9 19748 bytes
SHA-256: c1cd42065db777d858609d438793df1623e1465d86d8ba7797c3a910eba3184b
font_02_sfnt_off00012153.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12153 10444 bytes
SHA-256: ea0b9d924bf52314d0814c2cbca0870ea52bf30918535260e5acabf152658e40