Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4251bec401ca2f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 13:08:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 5882241372e5582e20c127e8b1b355fc SHA-1: 88891a1aafbedb41916bf593a8eefa4592339ce8 SHA-256: d4251bec401ca2f6580d5ce87e98948e86fbd92f2642e063ed268519cd0b2088
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an MFA/2FA-themed lure and a password-protected-archive lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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 https://ku4ysk-9lgp4y.com/contents/files/82222953144.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210909120900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udaybharat.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50803083904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebovsem.ru/app/webroot/files/files/sakagixodut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://czus-lukasa.sk/userfiles/file/dexikutegifezuzefanuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fotusesodududigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-gold.com/userfiles/files/borigudevokomofevol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/ribela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhanh.com/files/19578658507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/wifaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613222e7c8ee4---85843656802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gqfacdsicatqpjciq796t7ejfn/mezepinuzep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hueide.com/upload/files/7681244920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofranzoni.eu/userfiles/files/kewuxurunudanavofivako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natanashoes.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/251779007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/perovir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cab3cae8df46dba51228f16fa2638a9/dabogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feg.vn/uploads/files/16938147661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/nokusasefafasapokiboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyosangjo.com/userfiles/file/20210903202421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/lepizelakunabopusonifepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bennett-legal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lebojipafome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.ru/upload/file/joxelelel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/751053ca27b9af2e9f1a78a91d05eb8f/85746006977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=root+net+higgs+dominoPDF link annotation
    • https://www.rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98145434786.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_off0000f5c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5C9 20156 bytes
SHA-256: 86e5a6c5b92b6d47de1e7870efa0f8ed66d1ec21cd423aaf466b44bdbb63af17
font_01_sfnt_off00012a4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A4F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014266.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14266 10432 bytes
SHA-256: e4d9f0d5baf5a0c8d1fdfd3f72f5bd7ea96f2407a5f2fe1ee7fd288453b26dd5