Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18d3b7cfb4833e8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 09:41:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 70cf5f3c4f5a832bdc8441f2fe9a7bc2 SHA-1: 90e03d954c4eab0ed150ee665bf8faa8d70cb57a SHA-256: 18d3b7cfb4833e8d905aa56ba21596cfb4b7b5b532a09ff9fc77fd60d6f9fa02
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1539 Steal or Forge Credentials

The file is a PDF document that exhibits characteristics of a credential harvesting lure, specifically targeting Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) or one-time codes. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious landing pages. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly indicate a phishing attempt designed to steal user credentials or session tokens.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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=ancient+chinese+wedding+ceremony PDF link annotation
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cd7679303---7634670511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alessandrobelleseveterinario.eu/userfiles/files/80955648538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/667b1e289626b8f943e199d487ee57d3/24165433367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.eu/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/31424061185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarthanamparisara.org/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/3141618715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9d0f0672f097f3a2ecc0a9439bb83ae/jobef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kristinanamaste.eu/files/vesogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theatresaucinema.fr/uploads/file/japomazuvevekasiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccymgr.com/clients/a/ab/abc9983c1712fd324c9320bcfcf975a8/File/nagawifokizirekigaser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kanalprofi.at/UserFiles/file/20918487691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f17e5ea28c---fuxaguwivunasipevubeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfus.net/virgsurv/userfiles/file/66426561042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6feffkj5oqlui87o9jk9c191o1/buxoposejetesifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/bezupigojamuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077436354374---80485587628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michellesmithscott.com/clients/36670/File/ridonapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolauniversale.it/userfiles/files/50943948010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a64f935af0737c5dd2563cfcd7cf7900/7672239576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/igcbdbiksrcci55n7n1sdjfclq/56255519247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/rademapamuvuxige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/wotisawatevudebesazima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spy-military-labs.com/userfiles/file/9017570979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086314a006db---88556771718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papinchess.ru/userfiles/file/99485161921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bda9ef4ded44bc24689abf76d2b1a135/30497240935.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_off0000f1b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B6 16276 bytes
SHA-256: 975565e8833020bc347a757bf3b095b1064e45b2732eaf698f872e7bba580f75
font_01_sfnt_off00011b91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B91 10788 bytes
SHA-256: f7904af2337e4290e66fee66e1361c05d2fc1517160db1a3f71850139ee24846
font_02_sfnt_off00013426.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13426 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1