Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1825dc5c20d93cca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-15 19:34:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a7458b6cfe3b2b3a7e48fc3e6595ab96 SHA-1: 71b335f3cb8f53d26eac16bcf4c3b2f4b753e3bf SHA-256: 1825dc5c20d93cca0e2670721e3e83eac98d5ac33f72da7f97d13c885385b92f
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file is classified as malicious and contains embedded JavaScript, indicating it is likely a phishing lure. The heuristic 'SE_MFA_LURE' strongly suggests the document is designed to harvest credentials or MFA tokens. The presence of numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, further supports the phishing and credential harvesting intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613baee733add---42131603183.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ranjitabiswas.com/userfiles/files/67343154249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklama-kemerovo.ru/files/files/tapewipilovorumuvemisedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4h9n5kr6n7cnfi775v3rbdu8j2/deduguxumogipabowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.museopizarra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81583239205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91660398272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161414ccd2b627---36382549857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392be93f344---zusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kujainspectors.com/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/najigij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://directopinion.biz/uploads/FCK_files/file/takikawowikosaral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.info/files/files/kavet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhizhencn.com/filespath/files/20210910065740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/newasamozosunorawex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sudaff.com/pics/file/noxatanojukubukawuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astorandblack.net/emailer/userfiles/file/gaserunovawapetidudedizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papianiarch.it/userfiles/files/79932287063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/vonatusobixifimuxagegede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bedandbreakfastchia.it/userfiles/file/59180345536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/jopogokimovexofix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skillmapmagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82734598433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.fortunekenya.com/callmark/files/66752389066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/22886170764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulsantour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_2DD50E6DC67823D4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=android+google+demoPDF 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_off0000df7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF7D 10144 bytes
SHA-256: 92d0c1924ce9f2a2826ab11d6104a6a77d882f80a05fc60778b3d1df2b274907
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5D3 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 74b4fa6b7cb04d1fd4f26a943bf12d89ad9206ef10460f59c3a542ba71b922f3
font_02_sfnt_off0001238e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1238E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1