Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf2e5b3e3689f305…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-29 09:22:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 4232a0eff25d786aedcef6766250ff0a SHA-1: 5d0f8db0a61eaa9e08bd141c16281ba366bdcead SHA-256: cf2e5b3e3689f3054674e98534795a3861c46778977d7338e6f036e4db837a6a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The 'SE_MFA_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document is designed to harvest credentials or MFA approvals, a common tactic in phishing campaigns. The numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories further support this, as they likely host the phishing pages or further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf019908183---93254902026.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebb3a71c8b511bfa8769b75cf2c74fda/20284697931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c08c523745864ae3cc4cb2471f8357d3/tuzadaxonukemomatod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/50085844116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078557fac6a8---97639910944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/tutisoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/22959556660e67d2585fdd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/289f14d8e4052f4bdc6a565da9c0d110/wipaxunuxurodube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cctsjwhs.com/clients/0/08/08395bc9c2b8280888f0dabd04457394/File/kujivisojile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/194cd440337a52fbabae144a13b87f7b/dipise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xtra360.net/campannas/file/piberosomuxukar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aifimm.it/admin/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pojegevoludikumenivaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveletrust.com/basefile/traveletrustcom/files/temafugaxepewatijasumiton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/98536875726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j2p79kjqh29ktvbqrvl2m4332k/2530092556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munord.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57338675a773a8f1130dec9def57da13/17384611599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/81537540867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulmarconsult.com/files/27835052271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855fe529448---lipotilexidiragunivetusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089775ab4338---83120902061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/rosilewumepowitasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/jexozeditizowidetibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/dojuwifowobofewezesugofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2skpot7c3ggnq0unfqje2m73ot/favojabotula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusincertum.it/userfiles/files/zolegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b747b90b199---19217985094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=whatsapp+uptodown+applePDF 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_off0000f106.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF106 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001091d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1091D 10476 bytes
SHA-256: f6d2f3fcf0b1aa0bc3fa924e4f9d20f03dcd38a7169e51df9946d6532ceaccaa
font_02_sfnt_off000120ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120EF 16996 bytes
SHA-256: ae4f21f8d2aa09e3ad3620c16163066972eba4dd4115ec69fd3aa764e3977728