Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e56354dcd1145c5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-08-08 06:30:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 60951f63bcba7ade43459a19cef1213a SHA-1: a61075636241b41c203502958ff81aa16934a635 SHA-256: e56354dcd1145c5ef2fcc4b5e86ba5e4aa9e1fdab2377f5c953d462205d9481f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a credential harvesting lure. It contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content. The 'SE_MFA_LURE' heuristic indicates the document is designed to trick users into providing sensitive authentication information, such as one-time codes or MFA approvals, to facilitate unauthorized access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ef4d068e41649bf9b6d7effb386de59/67791552762.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0396fd896d---befebexoxafexarezixiruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slaterlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7fb3d2ba06442234bd8380bae6bc055/nexivoxibunopiran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meijialx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81278828990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/75139393091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e13ed276f800f922ad9d7c6545e91d70/75947049525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fainitelecommunication.com/public/editorfiles/file/dijixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagepoorter.be/files/files/mifatuwotapusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirsanov-maslo.ru/uploads/lonedudolifugeriduxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090970385ab9---pedegamogurosimewuwasima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e93892b4ef7---dizepukisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownherndon.com/uploads/files/kogemujokokazuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evolutionchonburi.com/userfiles/files/nijugapatonopumufokor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realxenon.ru/uploads/files/27413507006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/99596744235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6423ff8039dc6ca427bef094547f7f24/41432682599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winecellarkeeper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92401523225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96778123308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colleges-in-tamilnadu.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/74771827630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608afa1063a13---zojubugixukasidoxuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106840e7ac10---19626275304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6b44e87f145785747bc67e5d211dfc7/dufokuxotajojug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+reset+my+honda+odyssey+radioPDF 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_off0000efb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB3 10660 bytes
SHA-256: be47039b53740d97f6c17d8aa8d8a47bfe2143dc6ad60a738d6e2c196a6e5ac9
font_01_sfnt_off000107f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F4 16804 bytes
SHA-256: 4ece4525642acaa83956d2c57c985f5ab8764519dd3ad23d780663e5c709a8d2
font_02_sfnt_off00013364.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13364 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1