Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b739fa19202ad2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 19:27:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6b779ea360ed1b8872da6b05d15236bf SHA-1: 4aa8521647ab1bb4afbb2fc5f54cc41756cfe018 SHA-256: 8b739fa19202ad2f9afc83dd5ce89f7b071edd2741d96730c9dfa1dfce475740
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The critical heuristic 'SE_SECRET_RECOVERY_LURE' reveals the document's intent to solicit sensitive recovery information from the user. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting suggests a phishing or scam campaign designed to harvest credentials or other secrets.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baa5d9f16dc63d91c4262280faefbde4/jogopinamibab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca9143154b---83305483704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736e67a3b0e---89899261678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fv3g6587e9bhev3p33ggj5pnu4/44744878411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koratspring.com/upload/file/47249228374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/xadosovugapaweru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1l7cchpmoaouc0eeskhsbvb4c/jidulovakugekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosaison.fr/userfiles/files/fuzarig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmsorganica.com/userfiles/file/delarimelojuwakiwaxiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8pklu5kamuhafp3lo46de4huj/fibanotejekom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/padovire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8d59m6onuqietsb5v2o34lle1/piror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/670huee07bsi9r7e1e1ms2r4d1/25833953747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607040798da05---sowivododofisesuwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ddcfa22a9---44895897542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b3dcde185e18e5f7c5c9423d93a2c1e/5298969213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansatrans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zadole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungvrvklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/rajunujajuvurilisojunaxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe8d3c1171---sojokekamamudorutugirolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/37966360880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cddf4d4c6---57363779317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3e12274d7---22131151925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03fc04cc63---dubida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=md5+encryption+in+phpPDF 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_off0000decc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDECC 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 868ff3bfbdd86a6ddbd7eded95629d7114185d8ce5c161a2aea11ec1487ca232
font_01_sfnt_off0000f68c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF68C 17568 bytes
SHA-256: b897b2ba181318b6403ce999ef10bf1327b0026ac90b78d132bc9c67752ec5a7
font_02_sfnt_off0001241f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1241F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1