Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f30f38528e7cfb48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:52:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 86c393f3a3bef738f7349f59ccdd0c5f SHA-1: 5a23e19c5f7c8ccb6f403be95b7c1bab4d5f0190 SHA-256: f30f38528e7cfb488f79668676c515f3d283132e569733d58d256c8021bb25a2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous compromised WordPress upload storage locations and other disposable hosting sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://lmbri.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/41462402446.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/wekagev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161144089997e7---rubusadotapini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7f5c6db947---sarolarabuvojenelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/62594429186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onodqla6btbgoo877edoftp049/nizogipedezovusobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexibd.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/luxilunurokuxeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wx-test.com/upload/ckimg/files/202108290127023511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-manzokudou.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/74172721916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5hd8o9kr2scep40p7hfjrvit77/40338415540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e47e442ad4---dumameko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supportsystemsvainc.com/home/ssvi/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36228814066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diencongnghiepvohoang.com/uploads/files/gewagajumiluma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raegcafe.com/uploads/files/9015648827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c892c04e857---karipivuxabad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.solar-ovens.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/siwokorano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7cfc8800a---tujokevowepisirazage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddaengshop.com/ckupload/files/bizowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/junobesuzopofopukidaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/228bb659594899aae91c235a8cfcadaa/siziwuxupudomebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/vofulisonorafupitisoxabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7597fe2809625075305d461453e7e77b/dipilebaropikiguladopimax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077297595ed0---73843655587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7bb9e5d89b---gebupedabowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8534cf974cf77139c007df2824621ef8/95218898326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=coding+decoding+pdf+for+ibps+clerkPDF 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_off0000eaaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAAF 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 99e30e94e3e145356e0a4e819e35e6620427dd99ebc32cfc6abefb57fd8d7c26
font_01_sfnt_off00010328.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10328 20856 bytes
SHA-256: 58dbfd0adbab9c2eed27248852238ce463334dbc63dffdcb6745015d19ac8c3d
font_02_sfnt_off00013945.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13945 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1