Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5aff6d4c561dd551…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-08-19 22:44:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 99d11ac93d85bab2c4f243443b375c2c SHA-1: 33064e2ab923dcc8748aa6eeafa9eadac481d3bb SHA-256: 5aff6d4c561dd551bfaebfbb8ba9425ba6297c349cfa992c7955b425e4a3b125
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, with specific heuristics indicating it's a credential harvesting lure, likely for MFA or one-time codes. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggests a phishing campaign. The embedded URLs are likely used to redirect the user to a fake login page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/77830695513.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://farmstead.tw/farmstead/upload/files/bepogidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e3fea960e---79114493662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70088380976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/vakezugovejej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210619195805_1395309031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-8-13/20210813052759800164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hurghadalife.net/userfiles/files/89425190073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9803bc033---sodufimotakarovek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snft.ro/media/file/79080872727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2faarbqin048tbv4na10opaau/71946502670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bepxuyenviet.com/upload/files/kotorate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzstock.com/Upfiles/file/jinaxisapuwidato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bri41k6l1vk2fmiqju77qabm7/wazuvoziruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2d2b5e166c---fovefizeredovemigeradulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210621082015_2tjad0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd646a0bea---38162695092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geo-equipe.it/userfiles/files/vugewanilifivipibapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zegabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/68773302501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/13316164832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81924103556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928b06d9223---videfanefakonolokila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/jasoxunururemiwujobip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=do+listerine+ready+tabs+expirePDF 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_off0000e4d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4D5 18440 bytes
SHA-256: 31a28948f00649f788f673d998e832ac1113404087c2e4c2c3fa72e02326541d
font_01_sfnt_off000115bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115BD 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 059609bcefd9a5ff23580f17d3a7da6b23ad4891600261c4dd91757b1d7e76d6
font_02_sfnt_off00012e59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1