Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1abe229ba90ed12d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:55:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4c85baf14eaf013eeabd966645d6703e SHA-1: 014de54c7de57386bdc093f63bf7ed9c843eb8b1 SHA-256: 1abe229ba90ed12d20c2370aec2e903d77bf7ad14473add672659ad03c5036fd
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and presents a lure for credential harvesting, specifically targeting MFA or one-time codes. The document also hosts numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to exploit public-facing applications or distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d5d44746504c4129948f1a74f035813/63114173871.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b76a45356---daribugarexisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headrepublic.pl/images/files/17805758352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/67925492641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6l5h2icmcvutdlis6m5fo3fv3/riberemamesozazomokuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76381292988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--d1achljw0b.xn--p1ai/content/upload/82736408445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badoza.net/userfiles/file/80770366146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/22443916519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc4fce0cf22---91096781255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vq14q17lg6kjijk032g7ggukhc/98064861665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatshoulditcostme.com/userfiles/file/suvopufuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608137afdbd26---vuwulesefut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c93279358---dafenatutumuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52705de6ee9ee3c36242df827f6309c9/jodenumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fonfe.com/uploads/files/25724291565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/19522502755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindergartenhelden.at/upload/file/44303597619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/legoxebaduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gamylai.vn/uploads/files/dazewujakegav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc0abcc32d---22622857575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=nokia+6700+slide+manualPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bedea154d---75781308339.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_off00011797.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11797 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 4a74561fcbcaa0294e3a239f51cb100a28bba7f5a5426ba974556b4ab3457c1a
font_01_sfnt_off0001303b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1303B 18132 bytes
SHA-256: 81cf67373484df6338fc6d5922172a3f46ab1f6106a6f0a78d9df9cc3bba6574
font_02_sfnt_off00015fc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15FC3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1