Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd30a26701adaa4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-26 00:20:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: d70a3755c949aa1ed8ff82eaeaff4450 SHA-1: bf15d06f0388bfc3c5c256694becdd1cf912e2c4 SHA-256: fd30a26701adaa4b6cd54063dcfdccf5abdb35a2a52b9703a6bc519ee69d9b45
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a downloader or redirector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kaka+manga+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://lexcyberia.com/userfiles/files/venikesovofosito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longvu.vn/Images_upload/files/fatenemafiwemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cevhertemizlik.com/userfiles/files/3874593611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archifolder.com/userfiles/files/61007236346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zavalinka.by/var/upload/file/41440594432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ldoe5ajvqsjp1ub2ihar769841/70997327824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f919f87ba6---1110130477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49df36f134fe007b77a9bc3ba7486a62/zuvukerolev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atiksigorta.com/files/gafijukoxed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spartapr.com/images/upload/file/41269056612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///19767526691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/1892827801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekowagefat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e18a2cc530---tesoxulugixudujosezujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/332d75c4d59094f475a8b04ab760b2f0/8666222601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loca-granderoue-montaletang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sijazag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24cars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mikuzawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210912161203_dhu2b1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parzenica-bialka.pl/userfiles/files/wanozurakezimonopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/xifilasazobokudajagejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-dr.com/uploads/files/202109172014003654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viveironativodevicosa.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rakezujemiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b203.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB203 16204 bytes
SHA-256: 389169998a8acb3442df2848ae9aaf9d05733b737d5648040c68fec7dac26b96
font_01_sfnt_off0000db04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB04 9920 bytes
SHA-256: c120282da7ba91720926b25c7d005b710448f6236c59c541a323a388dbb40204
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1