Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5db4df390a845c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 00:12:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 20187f4a9603f595b29436291e9267cf SHA-1: 559028cb3184889d7c899052a44340ea3d0ca3d8 SHA-256: b5db4df390a845c8aa680e2d32612d63e63cc1639e509a2be5cb0ed1f0c24fa0
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier, specifically flagging it as a phishing lure. It contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads. The primary lure appears to be credential harvesting, as indicated by the 'SE_MFA_LURE' heuristic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://mygoaltv.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/73834810659.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://niengrangchuyensau.com/upload/contentFile/file/wopawukabasidojik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adoz.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81483799673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dwitunggaljaya.com/sitefiles/file/kixivejubadimibavulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ez-surveying.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/wikenakepemap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/pudulomavakumuduvigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161450989ecf94---venurigogeriloja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161341632551aa---96784955211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5882a02c159e418a7c70f7de69097ba9/zajafuvosiribusebokawanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motecx.com/images/file/19861520014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunghiephuylog.com/upload/files/97902620252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iucecb.com/files/file/74627453394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/nemoresarurijajoroxada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeneifogaszat.hu/cikkdata/files/38446926398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocthientam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/lanexusukubevebiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/948aad0605f29b9060f2fc0c48e33770/81828991143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c06eb71be7b547a82c67e0ec5f47fbec/35317430331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/gaxudenabazisegexemadezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panda-es.tokyo/yamituki-n/uploads/files/dezusanuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackinthegymtpe.com/uploads/files/202109082219241091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldsunjsc.com/upload/files/60342219227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeneifogaszat.hu/cikkdata/files/kemozulimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=criar+conta+play+store+androidPDF 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_off0000d048.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD048 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e85a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE85A 18568 bytes
SHA-256: 0832f73bccdc4ab969d407388865888402b4c27c497435b52d12ae8a8370cc4d
font_02_sfnt_off00011827.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11827 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 49770fe36f1143e064d60c6f55324093a5138fc93765590cc7271928ca0520b0