Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75564d08540eefa1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-08-24 12:09:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 26a98bbb19430d6546220003ab693288 SHA-1: 1e9db528efae94318bb5a488dd77346b36e59772 SHA-256: 75564d08540eefa15489be183c1e2b65115233490300acba530c48a6bf6168d5
232 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDF files, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The critical heuristic 'SE_SECRET_RECOVERY_LURE' indicates the document attempts to trick users into revealing sensitive information like private keys or passwords. This suggests a phishing or credential harvesting attack, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/61578580727.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9b2ccb0e9---toketerora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/69117941906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joomlacode.org/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/img.php?file=file/89497582421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/5582205116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.net/contents//files/sepupemuzikikefubopatisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/rojogedesitafarugamuluxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a7d2f3ba7---kenowujupobuvokaxuxorejid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/xabup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/781530099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110b4291e96d---vexefosagiredijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beepost.vn/upload/userfiles/files/84177343714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup3.com/contents//files/35473155256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9e20cd392---demiterixugelani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da16e5d7629---86814311328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kag.fr/userfiles/file/86069399664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.erealitysolutions.com/tennisontario/assets/appsadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zinironozera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vodulikiruvoxakonex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inmaabiladi.com/userfiles/files/wivozet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/20511422354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66bd973c8b6f95f499e1789f890b5837/sonet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e846008f0b6e0f052b55ddd6550f720b/fipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/wexemazoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c340d9aff6b---sazawokog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+digital+signature+in+pdf+filePDF 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_off0000ea7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA7F 10852 bytes
SHA-256: b48165a18c3fa4ba5235f13faa3808c200aa36aed09b86cdfd93687bd3b2ae0b
font_01_sfnt_off0001037d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1037D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B8F 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 0394017e151ac9982b79c5ea8e8663f6e5c4126eef0cd8383b5e46237845add8