Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5fb2916d154ffa8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 19:48:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9a4cbc1be0da3464e0ca45f30d9ade48 SHA-1: 3f791ef0b8be1bc511e012d58216dea30d0f231b SHA-256: f5fb2916d154ffa8637f8891c3464809f06c589ee1794b76f2323a11c1f55d44
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1539 Steal Application Data T1056.004 Webnamese

The PDF contains a link farm and is flagged by heuristics as a phishing lure, specifically targeting MFA or one-time codes. The ML classifier also strongly indicates maliciousness. While no scripts were extracted, the document's structure and embedded URLs suggest it's part of a phishing campaign aiming to harvest credentials or session tokens.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 https://mimpidia2.com/contents/files/lofisozalazoxekazuvotevif.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.papelerialapiceros.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35074480120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.octopus-quatuorvocal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lasun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d4c62f25a---lerefalanebemevovopinuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderleesushi.com/uploads/files/mixebebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dvif.fr/userfiles/file/sugagere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idrogastermoclima.it/Utentifile/FCKPage/file/mabawux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safiorida.nl/operatori/userfiles/file/demisugime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdljz.com/userfiles/file/1631020147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7lrva41ivt4q724fdlv8bp487/wufoweweronuzuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltingacadamy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/tukoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/72704097356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukra.sk/editor_uploads/files/gujuxatize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://design-klasse.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pavegizuxogise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intersonik.eu/upload/files/tokawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietcem.vn/public/default/ckeditor/files/73430297493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sangolongphuong.vn/longphuong/news/files/77067123274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insei.eu/userfiles/files/5248238753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdvvietnam.vn/webroot/img/files/lamirovepova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grgct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pozamavajat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spodne-pradlo-2bpoint.sk/UserFiles/File/fivuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab7v0j1mncktq7v9im11qh8qan/negalerut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/meteji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzunlarpeynir.com/dursun/upload/files/zamiponuguxepukodunul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b08e78c4ca---nojek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137892935ee5---moxudibagujevuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=open+source+contacts+app+androidPDF 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_off0000ee3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE3C 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 1a9ed11401bb80ef95012fc98fb58686ab1b74dc76139342c5c202e014f16cdb
font_01_sfnt_off00011ab2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AB2 10584 bytes
SHA-256: f60ab566e78badb6c4eee4d464c81377724259f250e3c05eeda22ffaa8b32b9e
font_02_sfnt_off00013302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13302 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1