Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5da38f0c0ca0344…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:09:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 72753a241ff8f48723788b0698a418dc SHA-1: 427c3a3fb2d555d7dd3e534d0abd5c320dd72bd5 SHA-256: a5da38f0c0ca0344d4c47a16825a42f3dd79b26916fc8fb0b5261f6f67ec48db
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting lure. The 'SE_MFA_LURE' heuristic specifically points to the document attempting to harvest MFA codes or session tokens, a common tactic in sophisticated phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 https://ms01bet.net/contents//files/91336729096.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/pudojukemivululi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gameadvisers.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/94795513911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vendingchat.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/tulesazutizokasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1k5odj2nc8drlgqnjb2g1khot/94747756112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fad75157a265f384446d3b93c9d7e84/bafutapawazagifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologocarmignani.com/userfiles/files/55842926506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovfab-menuiserie.com/userfiles/file/46297209507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/giwilefibepumezet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival-bg.com/media/ckuploads/files/74119239330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075abc56512c---fubuvozigakeviwapuvirag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fosterfreezesantarosa.com/uploads/files/xesotulefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210604035003166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud//files/raxokivumejizonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiozammuner.eu/userfiles/files/dukoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c091dc0f9c---vozodux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ac6d954af---gikupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archidaldegan.eu/userfiles/files/55592942494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/41848053528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malverne69.com/clients/a/a7/a743c233813d1a1dbf5c38c484d85cdc/File/18358970668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/87982147340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2d8630098---gasebetaxukosode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0710e397ff0b814c6aed79f8b265d789/mejijavubuzibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb55e851634---88848538193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=pentium+3+processor+architecture+pdfPDF 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_off0000d795.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD795 17784 bytes
SHA-256: 819a438147f3e0eb6feb15b3847afacce8ededae819afcde8c7f02cf85eba04d
font_01_sfnt_off00010524.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10524 11112 bytes
SHA-256: d8c15051f5b0571b369de651dfd5d1b12dc4f6d651a6f12fc5fd7bc87b7f975c
font_02_sfnt_off00011ee2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1