Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bb2adf56c70f15e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 09:03:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 188f949bb584975dfbb6ccbc9c677a22 SHA-1: 5d8295686fe51fa0b62d447af3c37f1604fcbf6b SHA-256: 9bb2adf56c70f15ec9e7e5affe120674d8e1edff0108baf3056c6a2dec3c9a28
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised or disposable hosting services suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The heuristic 'SE_MFA_LURE' specifically indicates a phishing attempt targeting multi-factor authentication, likely to harvest credentials or session tokens.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • 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://itnetworkconsultingsf.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/96655828357.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://euhoca.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16272939856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurodegranizo.ar/noticias/fckeditor/file/butotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lignumweb.com/site/webroot/uploads/files/puterojar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139cb166e8d9---93039806041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://61kidsclub.com/userfiles/file/52339534298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136789981d4e---56059087135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalwonders.com/uploads/files/95008967655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunian-co.com/other_files/File/kutow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundacionamigosdelmarcaribe.ong/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79644843935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34886267925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazraeir.com/images/upload/files/getorunusadazuvij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613489b26d4de---putosidogaraluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daechienglishpark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixedipidiwukuleto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangmeideyiliao.com/uploadfile/file///2021090413215565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showpalmedical.com/userfiles/gefeloxemutawazefewiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/biriweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416729461ba---nagititofuwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicareyou.com/userfiles/file/mebuluxafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadelupo.it/userfiles/files/84977743930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61328461695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rotterdampools.com/contents/files/xozolifinubit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/67522059943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e92bc49f5fb172deb1e237ba05003dda/95138894772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63e3d657cc9c3b1dc733d3476c634acf/kiwufulowikonini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=madden+nfl+mobile+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000cf97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF97 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7AE 10604 bytes
SHA-256: b009865dac3f4bcc8cf39e703d30a8f0770df75e4a90b74c645e3163f684762c
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF9E 18712 bytes
SHA-256: f2b7e4c4c4bf6ab7ac358d2ccdaa28c71254be0dd1f25f31497c6bdefa2fb54e