Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8fa3955ab1a4670a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 18:02:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8d6c5af7cea8c9f95fda74185ecbe5b1 SHA-1: aada08f2043b3e5781bf69671e47624e6f8a1b29 SHA-256: 8fa3955ab1a4670aa25ff7169e0c751c82724ced580f0d5bea5dc26329f9fb68
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. The critical heuristic 'SE_SECRET_RECOVERY_LURE' indicates the document's intent is to solicit sensitive recovery information from the user. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates this phishing attempt by presenting a deceptive interface or redirecting the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2577481344.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899ab58cbeb---34540224733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.haievent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l7j8cnm1bp6n3372e491piahqd/35998616086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/421eeebe25e091ce5b80cc5642161ed5/74563862336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/gowokunom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-mit.com/uploads/files/xixofel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e803c032543dca023a088f43d7710553/94398896512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16502956904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l8b5t000m3vurne9j7p94t6n05/34878267873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d153a8237---xatikawebawajuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfda15cbe9745eceb438dc0b0a9e0145/93243986347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5807276077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://footstepfloor.com/upfiles/files/gatowatenekinopareju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/64755962965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirkrupskimlyn.pl/img/upload/files/linixogevofusibifaninidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4270874e3c519809c4284e909287066c/19865215775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saringkarnwood.com/UserFiles/file/nokinufaxusepuwapavuwewuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijasprojekts.lv/files/file/6296285028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourownadviser.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90781249386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uoo95l6820crde401j5rl5ue44/213599649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/95482140913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomnhenryanderson.com/clients/8/8a/8a1068334c160bb49438aafe8043afff/File/xezirufujilofufowoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/temanalanifomewituxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=pgp+encryption+tutorial+pdfPDF 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_off0000d2ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2EC 17704 bytes
SHA-256: e651fc465b661c1569f30cdce3f09129251f558135bafc502e10b212ead2a9a1
font_01_sfnt_off0001013c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1013C 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 59ba413d4ed9c8137299f8faf571fdc2bc2f23149c79a62753329653cc62e4a4
font_02_sfnt_off00011a34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1