Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8c298269f381ecc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 01:25:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2296d4cff57f849328f6e81b5432586e SHA-1: 0a693b74d744e18ea7911de6fc2f806d6fef52cc SHA-256: f8c298269f381ecc61ea3406d08a9fc588207679c0aea138133301b6c508318d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is designed as a link farm, likely to direct users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://ichieh.tw/uploads/files/202109051959155454.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://suncitygroup.ir/basefile/suncitygroupir/files/85618597105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142018007a12---27830877225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glassick.com/userfiles/file/14357447835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sqc.jp/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/69455507498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quinta.cl/upload/files/xixixenasedikotop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centronegozi.com/public/nipimekasogorutenumuwusew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balbok.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopodesameguzagines.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://millionsdiscount.com/mo_images/files/vovoputusup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keacg.com/upload/files/25904331892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142c58431bc5---jinukobidopapifawukuganaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rejelikivuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://textstricker.de/benutzerdateien/42831888365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uekekb.ru/!upload/files/33353473594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141b5cc53d35---gopuxarukeboxanup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/retuludoxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mannoorpally.com/uploads/file/27797218248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fivelscope.net/fckimages/posilezosunarimeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magdrywall.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/57310741141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.bet/contents/files/xazomogal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeanthompson.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11506723705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f30b82b7a6---35836396096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+watch+harry+potter+and+the+prisoner+of+azkabanPDF 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_off0000d951.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD951 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f163.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF163 18984 bytes
SHA-256: 27119c87c6a07ca24f1023d616fa9ce1d2b676d526174aeb9973de1d36c2df53
font_02_sfnt_off00012289.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12289 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 1d68cb7a7a33de9b7eecb34f8979eaf554f5373bdd710bb586aee2df3f121cbf