Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc99860bb3392fdc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-08-22 06:24:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 2d4330deb04f2496101d5b5c48683346 SHA-1: 38f3b96ba20c68d10d251598b62e6a2aaead6719 SHA-256: dc99860bb3392fdccca9758ed06bcca8ee9fe295d821f04852901f37f1399b6d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a lure for credential harvesting, specifically targeting MFA or one-time codes, consistent with phishing tactics. The document also includes numerous URLs, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 http://xn--b1agjlwjc3g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87357828022.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nicosiacaffe.it/file/wobalagiligufeluseruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodymindspiritconnection.org/clients/5/53/53f1eac0d8ee32431a47b4e1af774f29/File/fexibibuzurowex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatnice.club/updatefiles/file/xewumoguzapofosibagikog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebc080f01b---76133861499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/kikovivifedarovabuben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lose-weight.tw/upload/files/53720516395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uss100.com/clients/5/56/562308f4da1da23328cfd9e5c9f3e68f/File/26384333874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b844f0075c353a4be78e0258802618b/19046938091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2366f6a146f78487d8e6a9fada6de116/togobaduwiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedoro.ru/upload/file/61588312553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cm1r7ut5ha4b83kj0nhahoqdc/ligofijarepexakilavepuram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/fumasuzeduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c0cb1ed6e---81754518584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc783f2d1c---68340235717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fea48179c8e---natafimukiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwhopewell.com/uploads/files/mewisajasiwatoxerenujobom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbc34462f7---futifujozudazagufalujizib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607856b2559c9---47482478629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-stroi76.ru/userfiles/file/xexabufodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61e6a0a5c5fb4e3c107cb8a436419901/vokavefoxisezijuzenude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nd3vvvhm614jga250patj5teq0/turewesuvuziwewuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=tank+hero+redemption+codes+december+2020PDF 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_off0000eb5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB5A 17516 bytes
SHA-256: d5c7a8480f40c00b5b7ed69bd0481821fe2550ca44837324df8f2dc6255b1dba
font_01_sfnt_off0001193c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1193C 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 3137e34076b71c883e83ae5f2c7ce15a5838bb7c83380f79e672d787e12c376d
font_02_sfnt_off000132fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1