Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 397ba9197f7a63df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 21:34:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 038759cf6563a76d2e9212e8f1f234d7 SHA-1: bbdd28018dca9dd0bb3aac2a0649e46312265c95 SHA-256: 397ba9197f7a63df31a0c6deb0010b96d5ea2c738dea0d38d212b4ac61ed7f8e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a credential harvesting lure. The PDF contains numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting it is part of a phishing campaign. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the MFA lure heuristic strongly indicate an attempt to steal user credentials or session tokens.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://xn--23-6kci4asohe8k.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/15114342296.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://uptindia.com/newsimages/file///mitoruraruma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/pezukupujim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyosserspneed.com/userfiles/files/wenobejizizaselofibiwomuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brawlcall.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44913889189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toroisg.com/public/images/files/datuzevomudop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/nadutabawagegusumofinamug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amicalelaique-guyancourt.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nimozis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extrastyle.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38928569862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eksiliotomotiv.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fodumexekojepifuruga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatproperty.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jofozatimunafexifafepeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db8d731561daebb8cea11946255c01bf/rimideda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/214583140061436c470b8f9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0775d2a93b2953b73defb930ed9fbfcb/56378542691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaledellasignora.it/userfiles/files/49738137232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilit.ir/basefile/digilitir/files/temixamidewibarevezukun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trineckevzdelavani.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loroliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dribblebar.pl/userfiles/file/kadirilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brazilairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92132128199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b93c38c162f0d459b5b085433f73b919/26771432538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rgcsmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92527713572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.com/user_img/files/sasixufelafenewil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fnjarf0k2pqv7bge7ek72q5un0/supimebugaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a775b58a9c---vetabakadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=can+i+get+icloud+on+my+android+phonePDF 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_off0000d451.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD451 17032 bytes
SHA-256: 48036523e8567e0480b201a1508a53028dff2a917f0f0cf9a65a69fe581690cc
font_01_sfnt_off00010046.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10046 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 71e266d740c4108f8cc52b4f2bd38980a03a5758aac115bc2016cbb4403b6781
font_02_sfnt_off00011997.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11997 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1