Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4839a19b8cff6fb4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:34:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1daadd03e18ab49518100c2fbeace7ac SHA-1: b0b520a9dd9ba2df301d5a9f95203219e3f361e1 SHA-256: 4839a19b8cff6fb49afe36ff737d97ef6e37fb992b254b8d0e57d8765703aef2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. The heuristic 'SE_MFA_LURE' indicates the document attempts to harvest credentials or session tokens by mimicking a multi-factor authentication or one-time code verification process. Numerous URLs point to PDF files hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a distribution mechanism for this phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb9103be86---dafagelijigog.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alisawedding.com/upload/users/files/boragesated.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///56267617508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/udpfh4es89sope8oe932mb9ta4/lokuxuzipitowadefugup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa5a2c5f04cb7ded9ef37a526ae0add8/bigoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spl-designs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/devapakesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgmorenanews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91199318859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161333fa6d25e0---fapugiforaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a45d2321f2---dukisemibefefuworuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/wogewemerurijad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manu-transport.com/documents/file/31082773306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/21202510555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humidorio.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pofulozakelavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansatrans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22100033284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///23079869512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijn-nederland.nl/userfiles/file/12937925805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/99929055065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b9a9d536fd---lijarenoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161327d8d5d8dd---14752538375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb14b4b5be---doverixoxubawenajizaguxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoracing.hu/userfiles/file/wugesibutozubidojixiluxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/17210441125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnnjhansi.com/userfiles/file/xomomadusunipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgo-bage.com/public/files/files/nosiwevibaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=cheat+roblox+ninja+legends+petsPDF 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_off0000d28a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD28A 11072 bytes
SHA-256: d2d422c34b711005c445ec8971970e9b1bc6d5828d27f1ee87aa2b442a37aa00
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBD3 17768 bytes
SHA-256: 1e16b0b51887706404ae0d6aa8e72200b86f1e58e7a26d37a5145d109c33f7c4
font_02_sfnt_off00011a57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1