Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3a8e94d6ec36b26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 15:51:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9db622be0df8919e5eb6df0ecf992f96 SHA-1: 9faf13afa69d659e9a9142024cb6d61fca272e7e SHA-256: e3a8e94d6ec36b26f9fcc2af853b66c5d3820a2079e05d9982ebd47b8a252346
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1056.003 Input Capture: Credential API Hooking

The sample is a PDF document that exhibits characteristics of a credential harvesting lure, specifically targeting multi-factor authentication prompts. It contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://mentor-tutor.com/newGroserLikeProject/uploads/files/29687810779.pdf
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94d2443144018f76f3a0bbff4de49c4e/95110857547.pdf
    • http://reklamavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/31185498694.pdf
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141807f42ac9---37243712917.pdf
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/nexetepuxebinolazibeva.pdf
    • http://divyabodhanam.org/userfiles/file/zirekeda.pdf
    • http://bantinnhadat.com/users/files/8013377170.pdf
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141c2bc214a2---73997233095.pdf
    • https://chsins.tw/uploads/files/202109111857553555.pdf
    • http://thaymanhinhlaptop.com/userfiles/file/verufapoguwuloguvugid.pdf
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210902020326.pdf
    • http://frezerovka.by/images/fxeditor/file/bejisizufaliviku.pdf
    • http://holland-ex.com/images/blog/file/tavebaxavapete.pdf
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2ea4d1ba79cb3ff54f47ec0edd1a20b/wexemapizugigupamub.pdf
    • https://ssmahavidyalaya.org/lion/uploadedfiles/fck/files/file/bogomifufexezokuwexejo.pdf
    • http://busto-wl.gattinonimondodivacanze.it/themes/userfiles/files/xizajafekademodetafuw.pdf
    • http://auto-rad.pl/userfiles/file/jepukinobotemopadekuz.pdf
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613959134b978---bomidigedila.pdf
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cc1fa3473f---zopevifamamub.pdf
    • http://jeyadhurgatemple.com/userfiles/file/28152550944.pdf
    • http://hiredriver.com/uploads/assets/files/xurivix.pdf
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/wuxenukipaxofomitoli.pdf
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/rutenoliv.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=android+trusted+face
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000caec.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAEC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2fe.bin
b8d0cd300869b6eba8ee174557581f09142aee78bf2549cd075247a9ac470a1a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2FE 17352 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001107c.bin
06b701fe80aa7cac8a3638b7efa8d9b052f1d9a47c3d7805d3df81f0086cbb62
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1107C 10504 bytes