Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5dcddf745a4c252…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-08-13 18:38:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 52d368069e8b99ac4ea10185256c07a3 SHA-1: 44a92637b9976dac56454746bfe5a37af5c67d9d SHA-256: a5dcddf745a4c25257661a0b3b4b739e24172ed48f85ef8492593756e3f73383
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing lures that often embed JavaScript for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae87b14a31---losudawusumonugutexogijab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b597df302b7---41623122759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c25a2915afd---41522578920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3306828b9333e4de48c4f6770d95f4d1/71609422841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095be83b1dad---gozarepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2f6cb1bee---44661446862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obchodsezlatem.cz/upload/files/kaginorebapoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bda5542e41a---76326664246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63930604559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/45945835438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hchs1972.com/clients/2/2c/2cb73362227bcfbd3ed6ae01b5b3dc46/File/53042084000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/62186522253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6d8a218128---figimogexik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf94191d7ea---kemikoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveletrust.com/basefile/traveletrustcom/files/vovot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5d3s65maukeqhmntsoicgjlh1/lunarilenijalewozoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/45172464746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/80755055571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/bunovagapexojakaforijufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/dagiduwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakamurasangyou.jp/app/webroot/uploads/files/gixerajifitupudakipolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shellserva.nl/docs/Image/file/lafiranositowobawuwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=free+vpn+betternet+wifi+proxy+apkPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e90a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE90A 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 203e195375fc43ed8cece4352908fe3edec85e749068bab04550b5b8a661b37c
font_01_sfnt_off0001019d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1019D 18472 bytes
SHA-256: 4909735350da421117ee63f9c1f50f486785064cad68d38541789d178ed51524
font_02_sfnt_off00013271.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13271 16140 bytes
SHA-256: 00b1f632e8afe72716c8bcdb76b7901b56c060d1dc0f96f3f5c1b8373b85735b
font_03_sfnt_off000147ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1