Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 416a91174d34c2f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-08-13 05:56:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: ac98f080795f9d6532a83269fe5164d0 SHA-1: b3c6b979d84b960950c87d567bcaa1a3f27b49ab SHA-256: 416a91174d34c2f648e89967446327dedc9e5386a04d43d8fb348f2978070e10
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an MFA/2FA-themed lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e2afa530e---safed.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stjconsulting.it/userfiles/files/35594721942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrad.ch/modules/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sokuzab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baiduvpn.com/upload/files/metivozasigejevif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/fonijajafelajaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075aaea80253---35088935159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59a00cebbe1a25063468d60f97b7846d/soxumezilagilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/291136572312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/pofiludajolomosirelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bak.vn/upload/files/bejidogatagemulumexutuzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/87848431102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/73295424190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4088ba48857c71fbebcc3fc02985b994/57449322062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/50149319298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608115681796f---xidobiraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfmaccounting.com/webroot/img/content/files/gonomefufewuviva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609754436ca74---lowigazovumodis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ad84c6fe04---34194879009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/4023009720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p2oer0vgvnk4n2codcqoqo0ti3/jarirodufifosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/15802719083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3768454f556c57e35a81e7d1c44e9e46/dojap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/20630432355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thankschicken.com/uploads/files/40542404289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c68028727a---jenudowobevixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zegabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/tasuguzanijon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reset+honda+radio+without+codePDF 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_off0000f2a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A0 10600 bytes
SHA-256: ad3565806f66d4d215688ce84183f2cf90c42c86d3c27a1dac3791a9c93b8252
font_01_sfnt_off00010ad5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AD5 17336 bytes
SHA-256: e6fc6f8da8ecfea60674be44801958622e5b540fd16496e0325c54965f277e7c
font_02_sfnt_off000137e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1