Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a838dd0a50b3416e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:01:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: edd41008f8b332d813ac25597c599ec6 SHA-1: af6eaa83949b6a111bc2f7556d40dceaac4379c7 SHA-256: a838dd0a50b3416edd0c8a76c8d2a59785fcc18be65e990e0763b53b377cab8c
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1555 Credentials from Password Stores

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, indicating a phishing attempt. The heuristic 'SE_MFA_LURE' strongly suggests the document is designed to harvest credentials or session tokens by tricking the user into providing a one-time code or MFA approval. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates this credential harvesting process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kojitukeleguwexezowopigol.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/28123145601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/lixejuvekok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rotitelor.com/contents/files/81989698292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/55617741035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a52b2b9905---42844611273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tagejasoduxuxeriniva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94de6itfq94n6qoqubc07dugno/48475828781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ee77b9884---noxenililutigemopobuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarenta.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210726_659E039010F40549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8fe0712e4---puwulisamidixomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/btdlevkmjpa24m7ibg1v9be7f3/nakurunejidetuzeluzunixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/58277779571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclambaohiem24h.com/upload/files/98049641253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsis.com/upload/ckfinder/files/debuxiwoduzaxiruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a2e670118---58801892453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rubepuvto387bf6qoaun47bu8/wazinajafojabozuxoveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/vaxotumezujogijutajawal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8d042d7ce---57429056781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e06e9b105---90470201669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/3041586659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afdf5b51426---ramawenuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=law+making+process+in+the+philippines+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_off0000e675.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE675 11200 bytes
SHA-256: a382a96106aef4137cc97e1887dcfb5d7a2d5821f629507f6e3f66d5cbab95de
font_01_sfnt_off00010049.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10049 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001185b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1185B 17200 bytes
SHA-256: 0fe626097eab742802688c8b5e1c3e9e8b99fe21738ec75cba74e861952536eb