Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e22cc2179df2619…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.7 KB Created: 2021-08-21 02:07:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 90e6f60737b89250345da2cc34ee39f8 SHA-1: e0a57d8ab7314565a0007ccba6bda60dcd2529eb SHA-256: 4e22cc2179df26198aec424d63fd6290433281b37d30bc9e2681f75c530a11c6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing lure. The heuristic 'SE_MFA_LURE' indicates the document is designed to harvest credentials or session tokens by requesting a one-time code or MFA approval. The numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are compromised WordPress sites, suggest a broad phishing campaign. No scripts were extracted from this sample, limiting the analysis of its execution flow.

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 https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6uak48ujbigiofcecf9vfi014/tukibukif.pdf
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64786d1357---pegapiwixe.pdf
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69024882971.pdf
    • http://pc75.net/upfiles/file/1623272411.pdf
    • https://iwistw.com/upload/files/58795331561.pdf
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ddbf15a08---77762130866.pdf
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/veluvadozupevotixopoxuva.pdf
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/ludizusuga.pdf
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aqhgu07r7chdti6rr3m67dcsd/95656594790.pdf
    • http://forglory.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daxadadoforagubiluganuv.pdf
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/91058208696.pdf
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e104bcf1fe86cb3b11dbc55bb8a5261/14914396679.pdf
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ab8285456da996784d874f2d482779e/tufopusulo.pdf
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fgfuk5pdi88onvci8brorknam6/9931320603.pdf
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efbbce0aff---jixerapuvadejexuz.pdf
    • http://ngocphuocjsc.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/5806308800.pdf
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98cdde640ab52dba5c5cf701f9e8c260/wafukuwefejamumubiwanorad.pdf
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/707a1f00f33694fbe6ea4398cb38a067/56392414839.pdf
    • http://elateridae.com/images/FCKeditor/file/22202386477.pdf
    • http://bjaimama.com/data/upload/2021/07/file/202107160409562804.pdf
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/281058638e1104089bd7a9a94b05bb4a/bidir.pdf
    • http://blackivy.pl/userfiles/file/24594364791.pdf
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a143e2bc78c---41831516935.pdf
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074bcb052596---50662369755.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=schlage+keypad+deadbolt+will+not+unlock
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001142e.bin
5c667bea22ce9385d10c9ac98428974e26be2f3e545960ae7e0fed2743e79b32
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1142E 17340 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000141eb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141EB 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015a02.bin
84d426b2f7a2641e99e7ff93b7b9e6b5a00d534d00fcab089474ad436c419ade
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A02 11132 bytes