Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 968160de0db55f5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 22:02:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 77674f1ed0af21a54fbae9d70f5481c3 SHA-1: dfdfd062a2c54e7d271f52b15719606929038240 SHA-256: 968160de0db55f5aa0981388bcd38aea50600e9c4cbec959839c62ce1e3216d4
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1539 Steal or Forge Credentials

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, specifically targeting multi-factor authentication (MFA) or one-time codes. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites for credential harvesting. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its direct content, but the heuristics strongly indicate a phishing or credential theft attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9764

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://cesarrodarte.com/userfiles/file/38293552874.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93768949088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/83105703056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retrolondontees.com/userfiles/file/zapetusuverajopekine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balade-pierry.fr/userfiles/file/tezozifopobidopojup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safires.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vilimupavugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161392113712cd---wefavanizesusurevegijaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fredericjean.net/oplusco/file/wimudalorowedeludogaxuvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xehowo24h.com/images/ckeditor/files/79192015166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9a85a455a32d07c031c95bb93fa6743/28424744245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202109081157337993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eledigitalpr.it/allegati/file/tawugimotakexobitato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrodomesticaruano.com/images/ckfinder/files/19424518940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezszilvia.com/images/uploaded/file/sizeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreabulk.net/userData/board/file/33368636453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congtydaihai.com/upload/files/fisaketaxixukagubaduwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b1d0da35ecc37eee5b6d944b8915a17/50257930625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastera-mix.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/likapugobefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131c7651dd03---63058609857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolbiko.com/images/uploads/file/9549847688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52488639222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f954a27318---baxebopimasugimuneza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manage3.realtourvision.com/rtv/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/ximeresufosabarijeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqs-group.it/userfiles/files/fewosisarurelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhilegia.com/upload/files/doluwunafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bunny888.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kadibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=transferring+contacts+from+android+to+applePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d968.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD968 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 84ac6e84b04f55eed187194523859a29eeda68532889aa133462fcbf8b4be5cd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f27a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27A 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 2a7cd8fcb9914021fbae5640e33ec8a1961fcd6d027886d5657ad102fe8f909b
font_02_sfnt_off00010d5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00012570.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12570 16616 bytes
SHA-256: 4d6baed11083630070e56174a623fcc98847194249e06d8d0ca179ee9765cd67