Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0cc41369baeec61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-08-28 13:07:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f5cfa7047996eee781f0271d29ecd358 SHA-1: 821ffb5de6ddca29f33439bc3318f334315fd152 SHA-256: e0cc41369baeec61a4251932fc04227096a9f48375d2c06038c5a8d5ba34ac5e
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and is flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. The heuristic 'SE_MFA_LURE' indicates the document is designed to harvest credentials or session tokens by mimicking a multi-factor authentication prompt. The numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggest a link farm used to distribute the phishing lure or a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jokivirilo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1gb1r5n3hmtd7q06clmchhl9f5/65656810773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752b4590873---pemogekenawurud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/sovisatimap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6aeeecca32c74b1f6d0fd1a58aa65f2/93427461218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/87654186193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonestudio.pl/files/upload/file/125143951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cd1a38058091b7d24ab687212509465/21364273633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wabasnb.com/files/fckeditor/file/83445485960abf0c201d62.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab39cc9f802---11095342819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35521788452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecd14caad04---8980008744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bazab.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jewavopogim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/60914567627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daa937128f1482ada11280e315611bfb/60492641007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/zenerebupasusolekimij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tpadpuaa89r2h3ctsggethred5/50991079703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/sezepulutosux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af2f59139e---23296885477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/trln4nv28addfoguk6m6odsrl0/kisofinaten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77u8et6dngqiff40vtq8qsksoo/49663855950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armandofalconi.net/userfiles/file/luvezelefivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=audi+a6+2015+owners+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_off0000e19a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE19A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9AC 18736 bytes
SHA-256: 2547712c1ed3d9c0c4c54320e522f4fb4f45d0741ee142f31b7c3ce77476d9d1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A38 11076 bytes
SHA-256: d688b91265e78c0379263db5b8a80f347a355442afd6aa2f4605b3ff5fbcab67