Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2707278ab044c4b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 14:37:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 0910c7ad0050683bfca8d0f1b98f2de3 SHA-1: fe5df278e95a388f58e26c21b6dd9056712fe480 SHA-256: 2707278ab044c4b75a167d2c1796b23732c10a4031ff9f74d55fb45564054359
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical detection for being a recovery secret lure and a high ML score. The document's content, though heavily obfuscated, is designed to solicit sensitive recovery information from the user. Embedded JavaScript streams and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Recovery secret / private key request critical SE_SECRET_RECOVERY_LURE
    Document requests recovery phrases, private keys, backup codes, or saved passwords. Requests for these secrets in a document are high-risk.
  • 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://www.msjcongregation.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jitifafojutivojulo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hediyelikhanem.com/calisma2/files/uploads/tiridaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secureyun.cn/uploadfile/file///2021090308235416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fra2ange.it/userfiles/files/87704543982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flcevent.fcu.edu.tw/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210908171708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalitelivideoizle.com/resimler/files/30046323540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gokea.org/upload/editor/files/62769781317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613521a6e6989---80481946364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bo5mvlb.com/data/editor/file/33444818504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linhkienhunganh.vn/luutru/files/rabosabux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aa8dc3d2e5864b533a0390ab618e0b9/2455741521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larioenergy.net/uploads/file/24069066107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edv-denk.com/userfiles/file/puzariwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/25573829403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.org/files/galeria/files/wetawujuvifogakiwenanuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsharqcc.com/userfiles/files/jogaziladivosalefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquarell.ro/userfiles/file/71601989563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300c20535d1---49869348411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialgarden.ro/userfiles/file/wujenoledebamomigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zopos.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39224920553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharjahcements.com/images/bulk_images/files/67530106016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adian.eus/files/galeria/files/tomutulagazugivigex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myclubowners.com/userfiles/files/rugaxiviporujaliduxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613117af395c2---jimubovoxiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxerdapolenta.com/cmsimple/images/file/ninirotajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6g0isejo0rt8ko4ct60oke76d/fiwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=http+socks+proxy+tunnel+apkPDF 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_off0000e430.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE430 17964 bytes
SHA-256: bebcea11e46dac120ab3ac0ae3e98de3f8760113f3ec781f8516dd2bccdf8735
font_01_sfnt_off00011304.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11304 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B1B 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 3605b84fb3b42b732e775448687d570efd9eac18095aa4ea07925d7a06707707