Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3dbf44e7a255238…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-08-10 09:43:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5796f8ff3012dfac3006050812897862 SHA-1: 4ebcab9822a7518d9b2fbd06fbb8945668e475b8 SHA-256: a3dbf44e7a2552385da9c64149f110d814d215a7bde043a55dbce5f6f22166dd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1555.003 Credentials from Password Stores

The sample is a PDF document that exhibits characteristics of a credential harvesting lure, specifically targeting MFA or one-time codes. It contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9884

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://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef70990ae1---jisigesidabodinojinozulaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/767c6s5gglpkc6oe9uo9vf3ki2/visuvobeset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beta-rc.com/upload/files/pifexodesumejizuxobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jolewasojovokax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/18767541930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762e912aa06---47433940217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/es4gh32olcpqvj1em6la0p7rgq/39126114108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventmetal.ru/userfiles/files/61215738285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ux-school.ru/files/files/xomiseduxufufef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinedafoundation.org/imageuploads/file/78002622933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/681b14e9808b4938817118a51006e637/49002176047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98a6082f27---ripobilugugakufukeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/27528624933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/24762624835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160962e8377536---7162885376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.net/upload/files/16184344777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f72b87a19f---xisidiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhrdbekasi.com/webroot/userfiles/files/zofavaraxodumitas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kururlaub-ungarn.de/bilder/files/papus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shreyaghoshal.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/26939084090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161002fe16fdcb---soboduxegaxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/97525827670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gima.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/merat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e945c5f36---24815152236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvbdev234kid9icjigpto5dj2t/79601908699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/getojevileg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+transfer+whatsapp+history+from+android+to+iphonePDF 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_off0000f9a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A6 17096 bytes
SHA-256: ce6585fa4d496c921d2e3777caffa9557ec5d7c4c515122ae5c76e5bf2909807
font_01_sfnt_off0001265a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1265A 10908 bytes
SHA-256: ca1549d9efbc635818d3e5235f9e0ac4a94b0a96c368da5004e31db24422ebb0
font_02_sfnt_off00013f6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F6C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1