Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe18c9f48a3f6336…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:20:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 138ac99889ebf1fd7e758854a42c2429 SHA-1: 35133b4fd2227a14ef4d3ae9f185feb9bd9c3c71 SHA-256: fe18c9f48a3f633648976530c880d99266ce7a130835a39e8c8563f98ada7acf
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external sites, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The critical heuristic 'SE_SECRET_RECOVERY_LURE' indicates the document's intent is to trick the user into revealing sensitive recovery information. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates this phishing attempt by interacting with the user or redirecting them to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc76eb101aa---61753522306.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rockyshairsalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7jn4gojr5r90vu8cejvsrg5p8/foruso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mepho.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72430750772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/86303373363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3b25ee324---gukugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katyababash.com/images/uploads/file/43749999108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/95044120577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kizkulesikizogrenciyurdu.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/57373620263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamgi.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57438313899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog/file/gopaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mbk-montage.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/benato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s2group.pl/userfiles/file/89854515506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samtekelektrik.com/files/73313395588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814be7185d1---86703649955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/359f4581b9aa94ae0e689bd57280500c/fefudadatiweku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089fb629cebc---57353695147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160845a8d646d6---xifalubafolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ip-kamera-rendszer.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45356359817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/15794941301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaukitchen.com/uploads/files/1571123211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukinserv.hu/file/15566572922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsmsaldature.it/userfiles/files/52667259335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/nemanisajusisosukurixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanuyentea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98953162793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-fuji.jp/js/upload/files/30721327626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=btcv+price+in+randsPDF 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_off00012624.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12624 18740 bytes
SHA-256: ec7afea000501e8e408261cf0ed41d5d07dfe08d998f450c1b6f5afaaacb4580
font_01_sfnt_off000156e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x156E3 10460 bytes
SHA-256: b8b03779cc23563df1d4da62d478a8eb46b35d30950cff194f696d57ca0446b0
font_02_sfnt_off00016ed0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16ED0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1