Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f30eb94bd9c42a1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:01:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 18282913f4818214645fe902b51db68d SHA-1: 798493b2c297d277f4485a9233ac98dba2558556 SHA-256: f30eb94bd9c42a1d64683440bdc286888310b69674484294e5c882dbc5bbb3de
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' further supports this. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbiclg9bpff13bbvoo4ijp04bq/xarekipakovurakifatudim.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/29053798715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picart-personal.pl/fckupload/upload/file/3714458484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083966f5511f---90967728147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xunijazarajesujiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangcar.com/app/webroot/upload/files/52184250088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funagamex.vn/PhuongNamGroup/userfiles/files/janubuxanabefik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/zipodafanateneja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609592234f723---55005160368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yummyschool.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/74974336540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611653bc663bf---99776834949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28ec00f6c0---11822875333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5485293307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herningbadintra.dk/app/webroot/upload/files/jimuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.de/userfiles/file/duxekezofiluketotidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bcdb9395f2afd698c088b08423a77b8/dekemafuvoduvid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmkaudit.sk/101/upload/file/9874921219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/xanat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d07e13424f9---lipojiwabigipugapufisis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.houstonorientalrug.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24486280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dollreunion2020.com/clients/4/43/4392dc7a9e9236654a628da0af121bbb/File/85059574512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4d23f1579---13395418766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46d7d08d52def0e403cda6d36e0a5d23/digewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventima.ru/userfiles/file/54856212873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6ja0uin314moc42ohr4gtsa27/lorisewipeluvorulolesepim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f04a4624f4---14030219312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=acrobat+make+pdf+fillablePDF 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_off0000e42a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE42A 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 9d817f622b8d5b61deec67af16069807acb69c28aab6ee6674606948276feef1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC97 18312 bytes
SHA-256: 4ce7b6602215381bfc7347476915f4f17f1278143716b683d9b469888055233f
font_02_sfnt_off00012c2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1