Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2198f5cf57ce121…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:07:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 09d50b56819a798bf92d7459f020e01c SHA-1: a4749a577c17971f3eb76e9b1b017d2611b64295 SHA-256: b2198f5cf57ce121dcabd636e324e73f9176afe3d34d2d972881e6c6c81d5929
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1539 Steal or Harvest Credentials

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 and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sjcam+4k+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f377dfebf9a53a25e771c88cde5729c7/zasegitubene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160980d4f1cdce---koweridirida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/nikuwodomofoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okna-kursk.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/vilopedesixikiroma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvdeastudio.it/userfiles/files/66961490145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/20257338440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d90pqqvhi8bnprhhbqbirlja7/rifajomed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroteam.vn/ckfinder/userfiles//files/xadowubuniwabizosejiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/dujusokitobow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonspond.com/uploads/files/18158889536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wghsclassof69reunion.com/clients/b/b3/b33699c65747f61a54cd06c2fab73d22/File/nulefafezetamarujujenapev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5af31a761---66080397817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86894611ea---xajiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/293e554a358028db730faed1b3046f8c/11470401329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114dac98925b---dafomitojumofeleke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uspeh-kursk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vufijuxojegotegexip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hussco-steel.com/husscofiles/files/jikofipotuwufuwuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/81994355298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/vejepukolomawamijonalilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobe-ing.it/userfiles/files/zumekarisikub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guineaservicesproviders.com/gsp/files/56316032583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoongnau.com/upload/files/lazinuguvoxefose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b4cdc86f0---safakovexaluze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d8a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8A1 18264 bytes
SHA-256: 18e3f9295f8a5df68a85a06ffa203efecc33e2257f5987ab2f880fd285192e72
font_01_sfnt_off0001085f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1085F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012076.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12076 10156 bytes
SHA-256: 4e58cc5f1f7438f65e619245018349c02add3c3f74468adf648598e7c52c3349