Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd8e1ace31f5cf68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-27 10:26:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b1102d510e75149acbfc9af8a77da68d SHA-1: ee779ffcbaf43f3dedb1e9b995574672a5564620 SHA-256: bd8e1ace31f5cf68ae19684d61927c3998266356153ca2dd860c3cbb66d87502
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a malformed exploit stream and ML classification further indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the overall structure and URL distribution strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=exercise+of+past+perfect+continuous PDF link annotation
    • http://prasongp.com/file_media/file_image/file/zavawokamavexarareguxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c99088a9a8---99054650462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfindia.in/userfiles/files/51727069057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/1756235984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141095c8e02e---7274894491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galaxytraining.examinationonline.com/files/timisugepijexuwilewel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aow.infogestnet.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17720486560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markfarolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/84524565033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/vimovukotenagejonalere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210925_0DD7AA4734B114F4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yigang-lin.com/uploads/files/202109111947307116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifo-sea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ledafepuzogelajipakewise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145cbd430ba0---fotefifigiroxazuligezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocastigli.eu/userfiles/files/38939135096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltes.tw-goods.com/UserFiles/files/54971260325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wacommerce.net/home/integrity/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zovusozexatiwote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paseppe.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zovanupafuvulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/93686379463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icnj.net/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kazoxugesiboronagaxesemov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/78598966858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepasidemedical.ie/images/uploads/file/dejuzajigirefisavirokaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0924055971.com/uploads/files/202109242338108707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsyrulnikov.ru/upload/file/19965087629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/fepagewawasekek.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_off0000b4f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4F3 16876 bytes
SHA-256: 1926a28ea3a6178967535eeb6399d03342fcd530bda4c4f8eafa42e478ab4ef2
font_01_sfnt_off0000e015.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE015 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 70bd1e00ca5267a4d1af39d0833876323a801edb8eeaeaefb7a9174efb9d52da
font_02_sfnt_off0000f888.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF888 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1