Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b995239ed14987a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

384.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 06:53:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9fa61f5e1adb3509a10aab798f5d7889 SHA-1: a8811775e13a4090424d31ba7dc6c67f411cc030 SHA-256: b995239ed14987a5f436d201ab965824ff3f25bcb4215f5c505413a097b03706
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits malicious behavior by employing a 'Recovery secret / private key request' lure, aiming to trick users into divulging sensitive information. It also uses a 'Password-protected archive handoff' tactic, suggesting a multi-stage attack where the user is prompted to decrypt a payload. The presence of numerous links to compromised WordPress upload storage further indicates a distribution infrastructure designed to host and serve malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8665

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • 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://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7503689ad414f1a7ee0b2371cf333245/14298743382.pdf
    • http://zkpower.net/upload/files/83091190442.pdf
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mogimig.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22e49c6055---97187684612.pdf
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.de/fichiers/newsletter/file/96650101654.pdf
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/20984579898.pdf
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0982ace7b5---kifezawefunutodugosiza.pdf
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cddf3f320c---sagokuxesovel.pdf
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8dc2c3b1e0---40386889291.pdf
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ab34193f4b984a9427380e88ec42daa/xutujavap.pdf
    • http://lammensfilip.be/uploads/files/lusoku.pdf
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8593b7ffe73966f7f536b50a9178ba9/17267287176.pdf
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e787cc22c---70055914661.pdf
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec8c5cac7f---86747711839.pdf
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83875048274.pdf
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/dadumiluxenuramoxatime.pdf
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/34934342983.pdf
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfadbf9fd572df9166dcad82f04bcabb/gekofakoriwutiboxewukal.pdf
    • https://gea99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54659880291.pdf
    • http://sunnysidehighschoolclassof59.com/clients/867562/File/risotironojomup.pdf
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/34580159028.pdf
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4a1906918a4126ffd9668c1a6b73b92/notobojegi.pdf
    • https://kitapkapla.com/upload/ckfinder/files/58420489670.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=spring+boot+documentation
    • 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_off00058dc9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x58DC9 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0005a5db.bin
f2d7005f49872b060277a59b1425562a49fa5b5efd76a3aec2c0f6d499209f51
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5A5DB 19008 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0005d8b0.bin
9c79e6325942e941661316280eec4916a753d211ecc2ded66a2ed095189aee7c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5D8B0 10956 bytes