Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 855cc54fcd3bbfc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 22:55:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1a68572c3ff98278bf50728909b61c6a SHA-1: abd662cc033e24f61c5eb233c297314b7c7f569d SHA-256: 855cc54fcd3bbfc2bd782309e211fbef5f0022af149d7197438f77172e6d5715
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with critical heuristics indicating it's a lure for recovery secrets or private keys. The PDF contains numerous links to external files, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting it's part of a phishing campaign designed to trick users into revealing sensitive information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • 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.
  • 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://dalaichau.com/files/78989738823.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bassonconsulting.mc/userfiles/file/wefivovafobog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livnica-metalurg.com/images/pages/file/65399237680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/gazebuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b63e68c63---bulozipupanupunomugadez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410facca4db---dimemowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flirtproducties.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/megin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elard-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42177530771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614315cd84969---84440695340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagcorlifescience.com/attachment/file/86640257878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaskills.rs/files/gubapelivakutanawasijekam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/47438921637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-manzokudou.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/608216394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93005b30833f05d709f4a8dea5541a8d/nimonel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://condominiobrisasdelnorte.com/userfiles/file/vubutadusul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boonfagrandhome.com/user_img/files/mezosofowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isdoor.ru/uploads/files/99816346090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/49385611167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161334119074c4---26751788771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-gold.com/userfiles/files/jusixijeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.net/calisma2/files/uploads/neguxesow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangmeideyiliao.com/uploadfile/file///2021090215364236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubkao-kubpla.com/userfiles/files/22052420464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guclupin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/53228301142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlytech-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/bapenomuvofotogilowewuwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+print+pdf+with+digital+signaturePDF 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_off0000d545.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD545 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 01ff27ba6db1a338f591c00cc9faa406b4667626d787d9467846a477409a89c1
font_01_sfnt_off000102fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B14 10952 bytes
SHA-256: b0d38148c23bf406820ee40ba05844f74f9921276d2d15d7d16c0d1ee32c820d