Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5ec9135bf9ad5d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-06-09 22:03:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 59057c8c964e5eefbe8b8a473d899710 SHA-1: 8b3fc49e23a4176ef1ba381b1e9bb8206261224e SHA-256: d5ec9135bf9ad5d9b5ca42e3eebd8f99825aa3757c824e3539a4057b4e00cf93
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains multiple links pointing to compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading a game. The presence of malformed streams and ML classifier flags indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it functions as a lure to a malicious download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+game+basara+2+heroes+ps2 PDF link annotation
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46b1a06643---63164058005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesprotia.gr/uploads/file/40719953895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/636cfd5ee707c074897a9e3549d657c4/sawupere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knshzj.com/CKEdit/upload/files/daledikubifijopim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a273da70e9e26f7946659df06ad6e34a/xotijogeruxasuxufexona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32b8c6c419eb4016773a93442524c78d/sovovivadav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a5c76ff6b8e5bc19f4e1e3b68b50f68/mufiwemavuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b124549d9f5---buxaxijumevarul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608802913a581---vuvowogoniru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e5f8e812815f49f717f0ef1392c66de/12826886026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d24136ceb1---53603293023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/nimitulumapadebaporeditu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608759e10f099---rerukasedumusavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce631a3733---21552768937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc6066f95d---ximalesogejukoxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3898boetkjf0cda14e9g7f2i77/15059395117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001151d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1151D 5396 bytes
SHA-256: 5e2d253b8155adf6d0c1a25ddba984ad89c532257524ec507f55baf7d689ffc6
font_01_sfnt_off0001274b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1274B 11044 bytes
SHA-256: e6ae0e991a9186e5357bb8ed261c9c499cfddc07faf50274580fefd0ef6cbd2d
font_02_sfnt_off00014cca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CCA 4324 bytes
SHA-256: 1062cd8ddf90f4344fa193b395386d5669df1a952e5759311ca261a71931f361