Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8ac6686258760b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-22 14:01:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8b685509166b129adff8c3edc7ce3642 SHA-1: 6b07db4c82959b6888247aabc9573880b203c551 SHA-256: c8ac6686258760b7c298f20757920f0c524a518140f69e2e804154a6b9b9b156
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. The critical heuristic 'SE_SECRET_RECOVERY_LURE' indicates the document's intent is to solicit sensitive recovery secrets or private keys from the user. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, further supports a phishing or credential harvesting scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fosewaponatapur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog//file/jivebomadokemajuden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e58db6f66---wetugil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34293153005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/95856438794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobiliaresancarlotrieste.it/file/73520653255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starwindows.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59524083926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/sonamumuferosukoguvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanuyentea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/befabinukilozitub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1n9rok7lrii2e01nm5rgqnrdi6/riwowaluzuzekabudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///46486005450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c872b3ed0cd---tapapodagopog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pi-consulting.ch/download/43397628377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topjobsnepal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vopepokiwibogakawov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ei86op7t70jfuivjvceckcjuf/17529615917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874361a29a3---leref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenfontaene.de/idata/83193925379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scmsalliance.com/clients/864514/File/gasigepibebefozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbb5c6a143---29219680590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b43eea15680---67546250830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef0378db4a---81648180103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9c9b9ba8d5b04bf3d60cbb5dc5cb374/27318882370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billcolletterealtor.com/clients/e/ef/efe7172bdc9c6addedf700543cb5cb37/File/fobolojabiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ffbf78308---gobenememezuxemilibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacsiha.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35989415944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+imperative+sentencesPDF 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_off0000f69b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF69B 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 744eb09a66853c0e4972ac9e078708c3054a8d230dc878fdf1b0767968fd9548
font_01_sfnt_off00010f58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F58 16980 bytes
SHA-256: 43553cc4837824c1bd403e9a42b16acbd9871368be47b2e25163cb027ec98f13
font_02_sfnt_off00013b73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1