Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f72bb97de1e8adea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-14 21:04:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f3680709d54d36bb4321640301f0eaf0 SHA-1: 572d9af94a65737a8c278bf615b4f38fbf24f11b SHA-256: f72bb97de1e8adea265910a920f8793c5104d04e057a300839fec76239dc17fd
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs, some of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. Heuristics specifically flag it as an MFA lure and a browser extension installation lure, consistent with credential theft. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 9

  • 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
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+fake+phone+call PDF link annotation
    • https://hoatuoi360.vn/uploads/files/41081816362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents/files/zozogazenat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12667660789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahl2005.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54896675636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galaxytraining.examinationonline.com/files/sebamekoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah88.com/contents/files/24039474603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valosagoskincsesbanya.com/upload/file/26336706996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebd.su/UFD/7623/files/66089795411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cdrl39141mj07vop1hc3i2keo/12757573734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://state-lithium.com/upload/files/zokuleged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/pijowogimigupakaxusuwoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/161bfdd675b0a921b76e5303cb17599a/lomudibejapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/vimimegebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/xujivojafebagupox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matonaklawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/94669480284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photopuzzle.net/userData/board/file/bizejata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d01e84cac5c814f407c5d1f5513bf976/vejatuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/sujijazojajokodod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kham.vn/userfiles/file/ponexun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huerural.com/uploads/image/files/39512238836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/donubizaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiehollander.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/99556266712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://losungversorger.com/product/file/dufodexuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caogenzhiben.com/filespath/files/20210910093743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatfailogistics.com/fckeditor/files/file/3144765967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ruchya.com.tw/upload/files/noriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/sebitijiwikinulopojeperop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e83b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE83B 10524 bytes
SHA-256: ef643271a73fefcc0a735d7e1d1fe3f49d3371b21d6f4a4136f73e9f7dfc7a34
font_01_sfnt_off00010010.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10010 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011822.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11822 17452 bytes
SHA-256: 14f2b0bc436386172a599aade748ffb72de24d7814058921b881a72f8942b5ae