Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69c6cec24d2d35bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 15:43:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ac0588a69bc962d09410cf8ecb28bb9d SHA-1: f433d2c59a4494171d18e28156b3b7524687c522 SHA-256: 69c6cec24d2d35bbfd4e9dd5f7cb2f4a192e98fc5cad072cfc3c2a4a5ae03e45
284 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's part of a phishing campaign. The heuristics indicate it presents a fake CAPTCHA or MFA prompt to lure users into providing credentials or approving a login. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or interaction with these phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 10

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • 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 https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb1c1a407eb5c95bf4a95ab88556919b/31949642325.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://avukatwebsitesi.trakyasoft.com/upload/files/betarutolononivureruwoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b36f22f99c5fd57246a3e61ca99fbba/bisuwimivaworok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://micdelhi.in/userfiles/file/tuvagubotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roland-toys.eu/userfiles/file/37302624743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cu-hinothai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lavokazubimitabek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.habitat-morvan.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39620194212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsbuffalo.com/uploads/files/73577420774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwufozagerujiripov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/61260101937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologocarmignani.com/userfiles/files/38957144997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/vutikiban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85814527513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitchensofdiablo.com/upload/file/rinekevibirefekusibuwovuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songpinhao.com/userfiles/files/tabezipovojabizexedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humidorio.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuxamiwoxupowir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aminotp.com/upload/files/79759413182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sspvjd.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_1851F112485463BA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myappartement.de/web/editor/files/banojejodulapovepelatej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55537ebdb70c83ec5d248799a4ebf53b/40313822589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59706821339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutyasturak.hu/images/files/jowezolazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.de/userfiles/file/57466216155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alebusph.centralcms.cloud/galeria/files/43612637336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45473093342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenpeak.it/userfiles/files/1719471482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=signing+in+to+hotmail+accountPDF 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_off0000dea5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEA5 19224 bytes
SHA-256: a518f6c45d220953aa1c5e08f81fd30af11f531e3adc1b0753dd15c98920b4f1
font_01_sfnt_off00010f8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000127a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127A1 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 9f242fe803e259dc1708581cefface8750b91ad57d71996e434358373ae7e339