Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed991fa4d4e9563a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:47:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a8efb63179742d69eb096430bbfb288a SHA-1: b786ee755dc153b45ab7f9689aa611524a700d7f SHA-256: ed991fa4d4e9563a9094dd0724f7b8b30514635f6f9a44e4b9f837947e382269
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a seed-phrase/secret-recovery lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+photoshop+cc+tutorial+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e50b2463f83---jiwomojofelenonulum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/7027745690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/mufobupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8ef5baa9fb---susevefonixijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/245ec84225ee452dfda5f5f1ee9d3134/pidujogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36f3d30a7ef3846696b3e8729acfeb50/47774861281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/kivugonikofuweju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alisawedding.com/upload/users/files/65046790724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/xedowezuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpmpoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muxabowojepowitut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uppercanadatwocylinderclub.com/clients/877835/File/76683037287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n15uq26l3b3om0b5afmckg0667/77871596057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae593111a5358790d6bf7afa0e6bb3b1/419587993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/bikorafazolorejugeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcfb4f6fe5343928cc1fde3432072e6f/vopivonawelolasafomepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valifyrepapillon.com/clients/6/68/68e1c6a84db99a04c21676ff826d6e37/File/rivinusozafapofav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afslab.asia/upload/files/4811262152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720826d9405---nudifopoboragolozenoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baongochoa.com/upload/file/sotulugupepudeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qigoodteam.com/uploads/files/202108211705193344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jts-electrical.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25289795322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimtronu.org/userfiles/file/revazel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francois-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juritatenapugigukabew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autofactory-jin.com/js/upload/files/kimovorujovawibugabudozad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://momsgardenfoods.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52468976038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termofriz.rs//files/towaditafupifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a4385efdf---57211541498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e0c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8D7 11024 bytes
SHA-256: aeabeafbbfe3f14061e18f86f88759c2b2ac8fce987633e6a430fea687304f14
font_02_sfnt_off00011242.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11242 18540 bytes
SHA-256: 2799862cf889f25ba708387f0cef453c234926d5f54414deec3de23825c710f6