Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d30aa197e6dd95e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-07-21 06:17:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: bd6e4b3d3bfeb9ee64f9cf3a0a423c2c SHA-1: 98a86911e3c203c631b88eac6e39d865c01eed19 SHA-256: d30aa197e6dd95e200b2c20d969e56f32c427db6db6daa1fd0ff9f3edb748033
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to potentially malicious content. The PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic further supports the malicious intent by highlighting an algorithmically generated URL.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://inphuduong.vn/upload/files/87876895973.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/bofofewitatimogadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f9f6e5a4a---34945516815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/60966126907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carlaschroyen.com/content_docs/vulabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822d649701d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/melipokezaralufigek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849980213be---weloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/manuwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inarchengineering.it/userfiles/files/fudifozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jivujafadowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83087e8d226365cd0ac047bb9cead004/80857944152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080065eadfe5---mudimozovelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a650adf045c---47046272634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.ru/files/file/laleku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/86018967526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c43e4de34476e3ab06dc9b035f9e14e6/32797606236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nr7tb490ep3c59b7c9et295dor/guvedivolov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7855320368c2bec5fa0410097a2324e/18429847324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/23313849614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a13cd86716da3f987157d1d6b31c235/92361264120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sca-kc.org/scauserfiles/files/peragovixepaxugijebodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b75jaj8einupjbi37nfjf4771/3673613856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/38385362194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkquiz.com/userfiles/file/14602516095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=viewport+scale+in+autocadPDF 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_off00010b2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B2F 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 6e3ecddf98565f84c80b1305d7fc1295e1d2d19eee5876e79dc64735d8d1d2a1
font_01_sfnt_off000123c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013bdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BDB 18656 bytes
SHA-256: 5aad9ab3462f39bd0c49258dafb9c44145be7e2761ee9e67c1c991246d61bb72