Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0857259362d6316d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 02:19:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7e56ab248059427333955074ffbed4dd SHA-1: b052ca5c0e1f40f25f9abf546a86c5d1f26582c5 SHA-256: 0857259362d6316d08647c5c66953c6acc12eb843ff9d21c31b2898448397149
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The 'SE_MFA_LURE' heuristic specifically indicates the document is designed to trick users into revealing one-time codes or MFA approvals, consistent with credential theft. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of the file.

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
  • MFA / one-time-code harvesting lure high SE_MFA_LURE
    Document asks for a one-time code, authenticator approval, or MFA confirmation — consistent with credential phishing kits that steal session tokens or abuse multi-factor authentication
  • 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://eastindiaspray.com/suvra/eastindia_spray/files/tibotuwawitedelaboziv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hit-air.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimenesototepugete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhilegia.com/upload/files/45840840249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smarttechsolutionukltd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/bititujakodorifakidalome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bc26e6a4f---navufik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcpingie.be/public/files/19299653396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megalightgroup.lv/uploads/files/73624713498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marymo.ru/uploads/files/kumirizusefibokifek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakantie-noordlimburg.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/milelalatokumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptekainternetowa.net/_mdm_apteki/file/50080245777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpennarak.com/user_file/file/41858787882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oalysa.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47516444961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e54779bb5b8464d7e3a3f2c7f720db7/28045546897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bvphcn.bdata.vn/upload/files/97227976074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58523880491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4c750f6614fb0087a504226b01dec95/36495282201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emrc.ie/upload/imagecontent/file/33403288129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eubeer.vn/uploads/files/93531142043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarhuskortet.dk/images/file/31178680438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadingedgecorporate.com/user_images/file/32174452077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dawahcity.com/userfiles/file/45138602047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141384445af1---93305485360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caythuocnam.org/images/files/11187671276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mufojijudigifozir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventpro-kontraktorpameran.com/uploaded/files/89867663543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=can+i+access+my+icloud+from+my+androidPDF 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_off0000ef05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF05 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001071c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1071C 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 16841f17ad2e047da4809d5c208de6ce6c8c868a96c3eb95e5ec1a0e3512c181
font_02_sfnt_off00011fe8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FE8 18776 bytes
SHA-256: dcf75c6075906cb5d2d78d505b9e66ef051d3ed673ed8bc5db5b7c277ac163ad