Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b97ba2924b9a0a58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 17:00:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 1f4e13fe3ab49cab0f1f2c4800cbadcf SHA-1: 1427b273c54b03bbcdd2505552a0b48d32de316f SHA-256: b97ba2924b9a0a584c11399f20742a66e0c012655c48db84bbed2dc808109c46
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1534 Credentials from Password Stores T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, indicated by heuristics flagging it as a link farm and an MFA harvesting attempt. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories suggests an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. While no scripts were directly extracted, the overall structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest a phishing campaign designed to trick users into downloading malware or providing sensitive information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://estoniapools.com/contents//files/16108448752.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/wapoginexipogakefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/598e7f1c0491dcb23d8a41b4342b8c7a/kidasivexujikan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfa90b014f8---kulexegusoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intemhathanh.com/img_duhoc/files/13351178003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/pakage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d6049a3bd---koxasaropuxaxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3b4d7a21ef6a5993faf9aa3c508e9d8/23881718740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geo-equipe.it/userfiles/files/ximonepagabufogitesoven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landpas.pl/upload/file/36051510167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaxtongroup.com/home5/maxconne/public_html/kaxtongroup/assets/images/newspostimages/files/77410358902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/bijexofubomaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090df8697606---20078642904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgas-remonti.com/userfiles/file/24608653251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778f1337f37---98223612124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75331339486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16774678497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannails.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/69335286675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1n1k0nri1hh9t2n1ca9o3jjij/godezasubin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/htj51q3j3ouq507i28q4a0s51j/30246400772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vafazawokovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0k5l425ctor4ngk4phrftv572/palomojulefipojemeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tndgdemo2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20989304314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0115090fc4---60289543898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camwater.org/media/files/zudemigavukilozuvexuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=rational+combi+oven+scc+202+manualPDF 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_off000147ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147FF 20104 bytes
SHA-256: 096d1d08dd624b9b79674affd6609711c4e64a2dc3263bf2d214304f3cb8479e
font_01_sfnt_off00017c77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001948e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1948E 10884 bytes
SHA-256: ef9585f88474dc207e9696c0413c33e3f6c553aed48005b7c82885415912c3f0