Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8be3a906222fb17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:34:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2255f9d3bbf5c8a67532e6196cef3e95 SHA-1: 693ace681bf5a83cbf0d4802244105584154b25c SHA-256: c8be3a906222fb17580b8486c376377ab0ee5d19cebf1fb938f2ba2daa04e54b
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. 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 the phishing attempt by directing users to malicious sites or further exploiting their trust.

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 http://dobrejaja.com/Upload/file/41980481733.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://purefeeling8.com/data/file/46998822062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c84217bf5c871bab9895f416f67e889/29139068549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793b43984da---44620981963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/8071182667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/jepala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legend-chang.com/UserFiles/files/depakonaxokodiladulozup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sswjeans.com/files/pikuketa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e74930414ace3b4b61a6dacdae0722c4/nakojagaripidepomewef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandarinusa.com/userfiles/file/1627167494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a908ed00098---dasukepigotipulog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/12272575105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870e46719e9---zakaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a2dd6bf271---70037599300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161251d691e11c---rugabaroxaduporax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/zogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/79930739081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfh-consulting.com/userfiles/file/tilitomogudobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alumcity.ru/userfiles/file/futokedife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bong-dem-long.org/upload/editor/files/71624749941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olddieselparts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7178476746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamasia.net/upload/files/ninanuwuwexafebojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba8de462485ed75b5f8362dd1ac451d1/sumobasukezufasibabaseviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+viewer+mobile+downloadPDF 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_off0000d746.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD746 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF5D 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 118e2b7f66253832fea5ec5628bfcd295f5a5e584927f799874134735c8f8ef1
font_02_sfnt_off00010756.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10756 17848 bytes
SHA-256: 622dc34b4de205a963c36d0e7328f4af1e988d2ec48fddd8118de34143639a37