Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1356cc386d1bf8bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:15:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f26c1e52c4ba471746816ddda5919883 SHA-1: fe7e4ca434e3eda1d6e775fd4e0b0fdc0db7d9db SHA-256: 1356cc386d1bf8bd57637a5fb894bec16c40e55026cd7ba3321af36adff39989
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to mislead users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea4329c38161928bca56ea6d7ed4e916/88083393828.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sterenstein.ru/userfiles/file/xibije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed98db189f4---boveribetovatuxevepinad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreaseals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90546772350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioneducation.ru/userfiles/file/79762317724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/mogesifawawutajiwokozigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickendaylacrescenta.com/uploads/files/tenozajunenuzibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenenergy.com/sites/default/files/file/doresixujubesafarimot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanart21.com/files/userfiles/file/768608008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/kujasaloxiloxeratagolonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazarziraat.com/userfiles/file/97173868281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160cc3010612cd---dawevesajisofazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092009922884---15266831431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eoenihi8k1pu2aoigaccj122m4/dakirejexivojazixenelekif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0311.com/userfiles/file/20210811114453_8ytsxg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb6ab983efa---kuxavunebozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c05fc57cc---75865660017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gunamowudogom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077328652da2---79972935266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7tec.ru/userfiles/files/lazajezofajofejibejewok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/93614391681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/97027569627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaloggers1970.com/clients/a/a4/a4917853023b9a70bc4506ca58f09c65/File/matajun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/237bd2b6061564cfe198fee6898a5268/xebokopesotivexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=my+dogs+are+eating+grassPDF 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_off0000bed1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBED1 15004 bytes
SHA-256: 939e49cc6db0b7069d2281363c22c558ed2f299705f9864488b02cb9533c2abf
font_01_sfnt_off0000e476.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE476 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 5f831e97dd953108a28f3465c276979ebf905e58b0c6c4945795e312c206545d
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC33 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1