Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e55c7511c19d1aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-06-25 03:55:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 056cd32cb07dc42b6482d5d00f16a5e0 SHA-1: 8f5f97dc06e647fd80f4852ea08a8afe88bb4ef7 SHA-256: 6e55c7511c19d1aad2d357b11f2442f968b081823cac8b7641b4d03d8ff4b216
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a seed-phrase/secret-recovery lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f0b6e7556e5f1ad8c5ae990bd4f1d10/27126265942.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/37831643612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/dubuluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b707b792a---24945871891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24bd11969909ff2d99b8da84dd48aacc/pujodamikopavexata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/35810958755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmboa5b7cdoapbl1an7rgttf32/72941954903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e77f2510f18433d06fd28231774dc99/21801796980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c25a0ccf495c98012e103245520a017a/negapebowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3abd4d38bb482fbe2dcf294b9827d9a6/44028740402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kikaj0jdnvru2vpsn22o6i4ks5/80635575624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3qfqv5nm2npqo74anqji122q1/18088121606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dineflon.com//files/giboriwufutux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc2219964e---70512018339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4nrela796n38raq3kv537stsku/97434468867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf4a9bc768e94ca9f94a1112ea7aa1ff/nivozus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd0607ae4f---baworinimiduxijitazorugir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=algorithm+gate+notesPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000ef96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF96 5088 bytes
SHA-256: cbf840119df4b508692f209b927b737691208c6bbfe295cb1e16a49f213cb7c4
font_01_sfnt_off000100b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B4 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 4a4e7e3dee7fc9762fdc92ec45648b14a378ea3477f1968af9b9e3db8fb62f61
font_02_sfnt_off0001266a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1266A 16060 bytes
SHA-256: 5b0d2701ab39d2f69c66d7d16c60d8db0b323aa0832947137e757b5401d27330