Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5dea2cb88bfe48a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-06-10 12:16:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: d4a6cb78210f4d24204c5a0ffd08eac5 SHA-1: e55c40807470f53ffc3459bff07abb13b15af400 SHA-256: f5dea2cb88bfe48a57fe5088e10b904c2abf61e17e291bdf2b65026cb293d6e3
256 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including ML classification, ClamAV detection, and social engineering lures. The document attempts to deceive users by requesting sensitive information like private keys or backup codes, and also contains links to potentially compromised websites. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest it is designed to lead the user to download a second-stage payload, likely disguised as a language pack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=windows+arabic+language+pack PDF link annotation
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609847e355136---rudasubetap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banphimchuot.com/userfiles/file/7772457649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c18oq8lhgf9mb2v09aqk30lr1f/jemilol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pcfo9cidauhh27c9igbfaekg02/6782025228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41bb9213b501c63243ce7111d2eb0d5f/84769850694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/zabijepawazezukijopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/ronuzopogarikowebofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceral.pl/ceral/pliki/file/90270260246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c03eebed4---vunutapinomumug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f6a2f02140393fc389d734c1997e869/xojokekuxenigekiresutaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.roimages/file/gukefaxazolenoredimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0005e8cc8---loziramakexojekogajorejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5gim86d7tm2k6j5cl5u4b1ga0m/84147092970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/343d037df5e068901d875897ca1b00c3/24328094296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a87392492f1539c93f314e5f571fa84b/39513919645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a7f2582e7---73392858220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/004ffb039315067c8c4215444cade98a/foxusolixojajaranimutew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ab5ded1dcd063abc54d1be4df1c7239/24274060570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90b2eea258---razizabapotixusorise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000eea9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA9 5548 bytes
SHA-256: bb1d3963d284cad69345a4e7b0783b0ef700d5297d809b9fcc76e7fabbe09923
font_01_sfnt_off000101ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101AC 10992 bytes
SHA-256: c26be5b961f22b2d18367a3ab71d5721eeba919bbe83cb507e941693c734ca94
font_02_sfnt_off00012762.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12762 16140 bytes
SHA-256: 2732c78df68b4531e26da51a256f0f9ab881cb8a96d1886ade34872d88eeece3