Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 217e1c3b82b0224c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 21:20:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c698a0b4b857df777ac940e9beac4d64 SHA-1: 03bc91d6476202cc04f8c3141c4f4859b0065af0 SHA-256: 217e1c3b82b0224c2020902f7b7342287283fa39f95503a35b775e91d02eff63
152 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external sites, some hosted on compromised WordPress uploads. The heuristic 'SE_MFA_LURE' strongly suggests the document is designed to harvest credentials by mimicking a multi-factor authentication prompt. The ML classifier also flagged the PDF as malicious with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://sd-admin.fazendapenaazul.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/fusafegone.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/39749747241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panova-art.com/files/file/mifavojoxoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f422d2463387847019f4f5ff04e38504/rigoxerexopixovibaguwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvssteelex.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niritewutudez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivankrivanek.com/userfiles/file/pexotunixunebesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aokunoil.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58217681230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kosmonautika.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zavibupibisat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dabanbep.tanglehadong.com/upload/files/xopomuleselududake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rwd.webseo.tw/upload/files/37110709314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a1a8885489---leposudolovikerofugon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57cf638f6bec3e6bd90123c64cd1e484/63165789879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenferro.com/userfiles/file/56659775290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estduquebec.com/scripts/php/xenocode/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58928023115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af43355c03---21521194899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spielundlicht.de/content_provider/documents/files/56738383091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/patojutanixudilekabekalot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maffart-guy.com/userfiles/file/nexojivimov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjburgerut.com/uploads/files/69360503167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mixewopikigujelog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miskolciharsona.hu/pictures/file/81419217933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtnet-engine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36829607825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synerfreight.com/syner_upload/images/files/gujevugufemizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runhouchem.com/upload/files/30386732704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=redmi+note+9+pro+miui+13+updatePDF 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_off0000bf92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A4 18688 bytes
SHA-256: 889e60a33942bca111d4288a6fe1f89d12e4c5df3137e8b8406b5da77f3d6ea3
font_02_sfnt_off000107ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107EF 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 20bdc3ba94cb9013fbac5c7a969cba1c7e1f67c11f87995508362155cbf1fd79