Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d2cdbdfe5d7be12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-21 19:57:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 7c30fa6c4b7b336e752e35fa2bf159e4 SHA-1: ed14bc1470e7cac47fbb6698df643f053035e9c5 SHA-256: 8d2cdbdfe5d7be1245acc8e76b9c04bddd933bb9411446ad1d992ed5ab14451d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files or phish for information. The presence of malformed streams and ML classifier flagging indicates malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URLs strongly suggest a downloader or phishing lure, likely leveraging embedded JavaScript for execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pubg+hacked+obb+file+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131aebe0de24---tirodisosiwuguwatuxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatshoulditcostme.com/userfiles/file/76114054036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135076822c06---vupewelarelopofugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148196722932---64575241300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmrmhss.com/userfiles/file/73977695423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julianowka.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bujibad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mn21ue3hq93h0pf3eb5afe94hp/48614876009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/mamavukesafimededoxuxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/ganuvulozoramujezegizulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desiaussies.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/18064330149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasand.com/userfiles/lipanagupadiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonassociateslaw.com/Test/JabzMedicalBillingService/userfiles/file/baxiluwifeguwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aab534c9cb---rexeguzesedegixovitun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezamirekhaseafoods.com/userfiles/file/34627984421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizergranulators.com/d/files/godorefavejaminonabawutaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/3610264570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b9bv81anouola.com/upload/file/202109051114435772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hurghadalife.net/userfiles/files/74147061392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136e1c7b171a---99721916686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e24ae80fc1---26157704332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyela.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/subosewemigetusim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132cb8c28dee---30025552788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/begojopixakeretetopifiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303ea6b164e---xudobusuderul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dveropolis.ru/upload_picture/68216259784.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_off0000dde8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE8 17512 bytes
SHA-256: 6cdae66cb91cf53bf6a7bee9a87c43e41b07e9818b38094d8ee85962ca06fd97
font_01_sfnt_off00010ada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ADA 15616 bytes
SHA-256: 6bbcc304478e980188c241bf25088afeeb801d3cf6b771c878f730ee1b2a3408
font_02_sfnt_off000132f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1