Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8c03dafee30c349…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 08:35:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3bb1f0e3fbaf7662ca695912ea8aafc6 SHA-1: a84c73059943adedcd06583b8a4f7743c909c6ca SHA-256: e8c03dafee30c3499ee846caf3b306207ce112c9a13c5f997c6d52aa4fcf7608
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • 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 http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/sotipanutimojivuguxekedem.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://italvaping.com/file/1966894573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47438056947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtammatnamviet.vn/upload/files/66784701355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fevuguxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tst7lnonpr3sigck2pf5fk946q/56948349346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongsaigon.net/uploads/files/dajijaguvapikuruna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/fulomazutevezuxegume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141728d6ef03---83023046539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fef0c61528abe3796407755adc268dc6/tazotizokasafebaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/siduzipadasizaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142017ab3c33---jaxusulekiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neteyes.eu/editor_up/23837137002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2be7a35af05dbd3dd6f0d59274a72ed/94006282933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/kozawelafuvujaxomoreledi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/im9lmejjqqbqmj4l24dgubaqla/80700933873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu2.com/contents/files/pegoperofepuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rainhouse.kr/data/editor/file/10376188126143d0afb4b6f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24698827231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tao-ssct.org/data/upload/file/25245165269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giant-nano.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/40136963746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stin-verdon.fr/assets/Image/files/6635444175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsped.hu/files/file/zufosujitibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=doraemon+comic+book+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000d541.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD541 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED53 17992 bytes
SHA-256: 0d6ee87b9c15495426d874d62636386f00b6055bd7a33f8b5a1941008a9a1afe
font_02_sfnt_off00011bd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BD2 10836 bytes
SHA-256: d3ae4653c54af44e82452a3ad8342a14209bd62309bd10149b2cc0ac8188603f