Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd80760bfa6ef02a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 23:11:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 952b2d883e37d1f123dbf9a83e7f5a10 SHA-1: 653cc7d44c4f3228771ba27cb0130c577428c12c SHA-256: bd80760bfa6ef02ae3796f133ab3f65456d22231b750456282eaa58a5a34924f
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with high confidence. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing lure. The heuristic 'SE_MFA_LURE' strongly suggests the document is designed to harvest credentials by requesting MFA confirmation or one-time codes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9e560f638---birigukogatogilavabu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6a9cda415c---14463994982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polnische-zaune.de/userfiles/file/wavukisavesogaxigem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb730860bf---xawutixedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vugic490p5q5jrvuo87afp6tvh/19321613411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed913507d0---21705478827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/15539685048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/dezemiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b70c483614d---feduveledawadepoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15b1b4ea6533d15509e7816fa5efe4a7/26590150007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9b6b38dba---litof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7529367f425693a55f5535b68eb685e5/29685670257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/kijabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfa0090e35---75986968279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd6a2f58c89---jusazugupexetijume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/22576586514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e4faed8129---6108743955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2af100df7f0fe34684f51b468346102/nifesagaxirefuwaromem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f46a37e9d51c6f9cbdb0d65f488acf1/rapezatogowojipogikufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17e5be6a9f1530d82361fa73357bb326/37331298911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/bisuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92252967822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=hbo+max+keeps+bufferingPDF 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_off0000f00b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF00B 17668 bytes
SHA-256: 70fb65f16aad2c0d47af15df5b90984d4ebe68d7d54966a76e4e8816d2ee599d
font_01_sfnt_off00011e70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E70 10984 bytes
SHA-256: da515fb390486849cae189c8426cc26482b18b9af5ce3abefd53b3c74790d759
font_02_sfnt_off000137b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1