Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8240472604a05573…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 05:11:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c98e6774cb2783895bf93556820031c0 SHA-1: bfac2341e8e2acd0f65aa82ee95d0e4a499067ae SHA-256: 8240472604a055732361be3c683ffd6a8b1459e086272a377893c93fd5cf6e45
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, specifically requesting recovery secrets or private keys, which is a critical risk. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and ClamAV also detected it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cryptography+exam+questions+and+answers
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f09fb4701d---92021844110.pdf
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fe90e5e891c415e5b81664e74872578/kukijanirijevafokep.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837114e08bd---bugosupilela.pdf
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gr6svhjelhkfuej89sq6osiuf6/pifafokezujarev.pdf
    • http://wmhsclassof1977.com/clients/34196/File/xijaduwodef.pdf
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608479a415cff---47754396681.pdf
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba186abae37cdf619be55fe78c4dcb11/15392960991.pdf
    • http://fdscience.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/5107762246.pdf
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/pizun.pdf
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/88094290213.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2d819665ba---41906966103.pdf
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/fevejurawavix.pdf
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084949da7179---10697384120.pdf
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2923b09a4---30993743465.pdf
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b87ddd0e6---90341469449.pdf
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1624265661.pdf
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c97d4d63030---3063765638.pdf
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db69459b13ad05cadf61b0d9fbb717e8/13568901931.pdf
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/26911267966.pdf
    • https://facade-metal.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42975473298.pdf
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c947f08060---5859804736.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000107b7.bin
7a72a8704a70870193662bf3cab0671f6e34e5004be71ecf741321da04f492a1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107B7 11372 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000121ea.bin
3bd84a2ebd07453d9f31cb8761b6936298faf205ddc9be379f5b89b8256a3da0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121EA 17400 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014fa4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FA4 16792 bytes