Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fb13cb27b7a465c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 13:19:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: a49f652797be6e992b68775fb1b529ba SHA-1: 7528303244fec229eca96b01816eac1c904b98c2 SHA-256: 4fb13cb27b7a465c19a6262954e24ca219ae70fa142b7132680463c8b67ed544
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of an MFA lure heuristic indicates a likely attempt to harvest session tokens or abuse multi-factor authentication, a common tactic in credential phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nid+official+site PDF link annotation
    • https://immobilgold.com/file/21044463065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s0pgu07ifv3vltqe6vml5r9mp9/paved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aclamerica.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/levokixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ea9bfe1c88b924ab78d74330221e8e1/wexuwevesijufuvasivozovag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planetamama.ru/files/file/nasadin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-17/20210517011002200308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/22725230624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandiassociati.it/userfiles/file/dofekugikozejodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c53621664af479ece91df3bdc8049149/bulagewonesomelejogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesontario.ca/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/jetaruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b67aa46a9e---4406317827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmfegypt.com/userfiles/files/luruzovuganax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linkingpeople.info/userfiles/file/vonotojis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/88019216121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloeverajuice.cz/files/file/32634853630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flatadministration.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/zewexepiduxuruwifosoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af98d7991f5---benewubikiwujisefoweti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/551d20afff77dc8facc333aeba765903/ziseji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94efn1ot1fdubpd86kb1taam3j/digewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b31d78ca7---zixitijikijadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mujeresenmovimientoplus.com/userfiles/file/rutinokuparebeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/xorirakivupokobugifage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bmw-zona.ru/uploads/file/xugaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ed4ee40be---rezubezedivifizonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/pafeworafaxomoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ceed.iitb.ac.in/2021/In PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f247.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF247 17024 bytes
SHA-256: 1686e673802cb49efbbd858a312cd8584f712846bed461c23fb1a9f4692467fe
font_01_sfnt_off00011ebc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EBC 10240 bytes
SHA-256: caad211e618b1b525b17b49d0e87f07c3915b8a563b0c39c59df56026df73ae4
font_02_sfnt_off000135dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1