Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffea0adac03e0681…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:48:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 269fe46b0ec6191e678826f672d8559e SHA-1: 51a960227e3b1578039720bfb2de8aeb3520d83b SHA-256: ffea0adac03e068123c7621658d0bab4200d990acadb0ad290dd825a897310a2
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The critical heuristic 'SE_SECRET_RECOVERY_LURE' indicates the document's intent to solicit sensitive recovery information from the user. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the phishing attempt by directing the user to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+remove+digital+signature+from+pdf+online PDF link annotation
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/wefilugapumil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/91311126565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allgeology.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62009258622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmyc.net/clients/875386/File/95208843923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambredhotes-savoie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69848373427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kanemufopekas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/68927672336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21962493331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/vugelakinogos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesrimaudieres.com/images/uploads/file/tafuzawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e9290ddfc7c3902c8aaf40f09ff3639/39850457094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oprfhs70.com/clients/879438/File/delogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4eca4a8a1---vatakuwotokisif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/588f2414fcb7c4cc6249397a920f0b50/titekulolovel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motocams.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tukulod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/37483655547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c082a546da2---93820600362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43ad19f98c067f4f60090cdf9654cc97/wowesozaluvubomitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteotels.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/pamigexugika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094396b48e13---zateniloxoranoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advik.net/userfiles/file/93044242981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.net/upload/files/ruviwitazuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/27156223697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/622n3hlpbjrhj10ru9tgbtq5dm/92351884516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d78fa9daf9c0e007180f3bac052c153f/365275603.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_off0000dccb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCCB 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 0c387a2b14495f5a4bb210ca8087d4c4e29a3be5324c93ae2ba198a189836b57
font_01_sfnt_off0000f66f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF66F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E81 17088 bytes
SHA-256: d5c365586145f5efdeb014d93063160afd3f0c1bce4eb6e1256954540e227270