Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 512c563409d2ef6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:17:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7d0d66e29131f5962be0232709f5fffc SHA-1: a0981a3957d61de6d4be68098acd6b1e13b364d1 SHA-256: 512c563409d2ef6fbd6aa8cb4338d41a018a573f292fe6c89a5150a5152ccb4e
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDF files, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The heuristics indicate it is a lure for MFA or one-time code harvesting, suggesting a credential phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/ziboxezezamoxo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kumevexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a7a42c8c3---32681785476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodeslaboratori.eu/userfiles/files/manidotegufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/files/96588045597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-26/20210826115007791964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f74339d7531f525d006bb02df7e23c0/diwoluvesepire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6b6efa0076267890616939423974ba2/88610588552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88cb30fa8f75f76ca06a86219cf57f49/41778930279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liddellgaryfamily.com/clients/863293/File/16336324688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/fonotonavelazeniwenalez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e711fa79ff42ff584e217cc17ef7c88/54217529134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2583aa404245d8feccc2e530a93ab66b/vajafanamawokijafin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607deffe6e596---57658199842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xigmatek.com/upload/files/37863660346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviatechinform.ru/sadm_files/58901324527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/27565585257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1c3dfda0527ef632c6abca55b2b9742/62817270818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/599f40d8fdeba4a9701caa6cc542083f/25542713033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097eb49599a6---69857175598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113472f41b11---pujegoxinal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce45d8ad63---2434639354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=hikvision+ivms+4200+pdfPDF 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_off0000c6f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6F0 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 479b728182569c3f0d1900d0160f9d3d032178c9e4d52752a217fdb906edcc61
font_01_sfnt_off0000df0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF0F 20748 bytes
SHA-256: fa1142485201ca5bac947e825ad34a484d4bf442ff22083eedef7d3f07909183
font_02_sfnt_off000114a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1