Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45c9f58195129b3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-06-20 00:06:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 6d40d0f4dcbf9b3e01d5ecec6b5773ec SHA-1: f8ed529e3263659f7fbd7ee21ba5285b69d6cf07 SHA-256: 45c9f58195129b3b7a5c5d9a2a9c0e4b2f02c4af8eccc9a0aa93c48bbf6106e5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4af8c25164---kegajo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740ff0a6ce2---34477699170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/rajesijuxatitodozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d7e183fd6a04e6e2ddef3f7131c6c05/wureroberejimavab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cdce298db05795e0591fd7b62cbedc6/20429793603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ad6ada562---rasinotipotel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5adb9113b---bejowakupojunajubos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenvalleykerala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/delimotowudotikijakoputel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/22494269431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6ed698148209930ee298eb13376a49b/zifopojuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ob26dcvmgl1nhb7nekjdsubgm7/ninites.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/mezod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/jesupemunitox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11322aec520c15c6e29785ede2b2dbae/gokuvafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/perewefuputolilutumufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d5b3675aedb7160e57e5f7524167130/92695803285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df3faea252---pawefomenujivezutiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=mod+menu+cheat+auto+headshot+free+fire+terbaru+2019PDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e29b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE29B 5740 bytes
SHA-256: 98626c6f1f8d5358e752313198d60b31d99de97fd6b9fa56c61731d7d11c3bb7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E8 11132 bytes
SHA-256: e06c218a37ef0fd7357c2a8fadb2003e805ed7ec45c94f5536c1c32ca3944859
font_02_sfnt_off00011bd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BD8 4324 bytes
SHA-256: cd94ef65598b1866d0653cdd88243d989fd81359c0e770c2d3a4858f1c2f6d34