Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c5f0003549d9e80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:49:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: b810aacffaaa825774054a6b565f9ff8 SHA-1: 4f6ceac7d7905c8b45c6b00394c315a858f19dad SHA-256: 9c5f0003549d9e80267395781b02638d27f64154726cbb950d22645a283ba715
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an MFA/2FA-themed lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098916ccbf87---fopisoba.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r61pb63vptv5mpri4g21dv2rkg/81745199155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-2/20210502230411172997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staractivecollection.com/resimler/site/files/luduzilirerolefafawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/xekuwapoguda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f58fbf098b---98600601974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b8eb0c52eb---68885414507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0bc7822ddec70be34b36cff496d70e1/2310732091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/bakotesurake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaihotelsale.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210604_7CF325B9DCC3432D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0s1g9altlcadog4t2kurbva2b5/sawajov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogologistics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71596896175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab2c56611e1---16117074801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2ee3928372a36ea4efda104b1d2f0ca/2590109614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/14582818753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0935a967a24b0fd2e2612c0cd6e870e/faruralopajoxiwegufewob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49befdc94b840c9b7d493b4d138eafb2/71399332155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb01ac2ee1---ropibosipukis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f07c382ab71---40376267420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1v1j5diof2qfk79stdbnf8p0ba/tipapanofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098913311b9c---46969537169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jaghvro6pflpm6iq12s5fp3l7p/98563504855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.net/contents/files/lujoruronulid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=january+2019+current+affairs+pdf+in+bengaliPDF 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_off00017f27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17F27 19808 bytes
SHA-256: 48ce57f20df467e662be430bd8d9004878cf7ad6e125136bc523cb785d5a9327
font_01_sfnt_off0001b2c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B2C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001cadf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CADF 11480 bytes
SHA-256: d1b6e962feb715e95f3024ac6270cf066c9df6fe09d8a5ae447f706b19517b6d