Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e8c064cc0c888ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:35:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f42900ff9f000877dd553d4f43a5122b SHA-1: 85ebd99af2e9799cca91343601e6bb5dff2c3810 SHA-256: 4e8c064cc0c888ae3ae178a737b1df655ae6ef489559a5dca3a0671d93b1b260
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, potentially redirecting users to malicious sites or initiating further downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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=basic+hardware+of+computer+system+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://starrwindow.com/clients/863399/File/xivoxadelevojok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://101doctor.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/60b6c11078ca4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/52478891608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/bibetuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyenghun.com/new/upload/board/files/dazewuvozasowob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aokisuper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84790751524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a334e213e---5516274787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1eafca13c5---dipulananokaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philipwillettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gadagikudom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bimutarisuwovimusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/43812122036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/jepudodirol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/042adeb39c59c4bbd0d97ab84f88cc1a/baxififorujaveli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/36065109885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elmaga.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/87734442466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd711a8361816c6b35e9ac79ad5237e3/wimapojolate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandipkumardutta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foselozevewegomipewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68461115662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukeofmarshall.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34126953196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/73747713337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavs.eu/userfiles/file/wipafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itemclinicchina.com/ckupload/files/33256637190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607264c4da002---zapusaxuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609602e52bd70---wadusimafatinumonajis.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_off0000dbe4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBE4 16616 bytes
SHA-256: 9bf38aa3da0e5958efde1ee914fdf05eaf0b44fefbe14bf8941aacf53fe35f9e
font_01_sfnt_off00010732.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10732 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F49 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 2351a560f8b7eebdb418d640c36b76e4fa377ccc3e5c354e3228c609bb15161a