Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e03c8ac1c927a0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 03:36:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e6a1f28ff5f0697252442b7cf8d7f774 SHA-1: 9bea75ccc72c843b7146f5a2bfbdaa457c661afc SHA-256: 8e03c8ac1c927a0d4c62612946c89ff08269d1871c468e515f4ff39cbfee94db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, likely directing users to phishing sites or malware downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/totojobasoroneli.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jinshi66.com/uploadfiles/files/58228180288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49997994820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glovimex.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/bikuwefudekokotiruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/82401133613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriadelcampanile.com/userfiles/files/95214411796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freshchannels.com/home/sites/freshchannels/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bizeputejepemefujivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technimexvn.com/images/ckeditor/files/65349626999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53807970176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fs-select.com/images/blog/file/pevuvunosutumodog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kristinanamaste.eu/files/76953875705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee302aef28---21909241390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coconut.hu/userfiles/file/rupakavisudefotelowox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42472251728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ml2gmfm80hs0gi4ennghavrnp5/14186379088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micsys.in/userfiles/file/94962709295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/74273233442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613357279bb2a---xifofamorulidigesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4331c95f7e5e51bf6cc243c53d54e0e/2963411516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalcenterhotels.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/62075721419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betamachinery.sa/other_files/File/kuzogezutonagipezar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://levne-pohary.cz/UserFiles/File/vabojev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgroupsrl.com/userfiles/files/52398512269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/86618465498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heatherjansch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/watofaxopanutisapotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pantonerestauri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sofenoget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=sao+kayaba+akihikoPDF 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_off0000f4a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010cb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CB6 19808 bytes
SHA-256: 00db8320b0e38b4046ca6093a4c177d57603c268de5287dff970f4cff463d043
font_02_sfnt_off000140ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140BA 9980 bytes
SHA-256: 702d2e82590feb5971dacb04c6cbbef8d27ced82cb83cb77f2f79c48e9a27c88