Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 447c517489e1b7ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:48:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5378151a1b07180b233a9bd7d4a4d18a SHA-1: 7dff94db604e94998c242eb167da0c37d8c3c384 SHA-256: 447c517489e1b7efdf9866d8801ee787c81754566043e06004a7ce27eb076823
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the PDF structure suggest it's designed to exploit users by directing them to potentially harmful URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://obchodsezlatem.cz/upload/files/57382772754.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://msinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/bubuvunenuriserefazeziput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/gixufatafaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/wivevefukubotabokejamiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nocleginaplus.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/18885162263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/61290211021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080798c6ffe9---15765662929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasyo.net/files/file/visefidivanulufex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/leruwisoxikuxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/55038008478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vencedor.coop/images/admin/file/6981652502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080db8f7260a---lilepasiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/tobijasixebotavokej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27077708519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/dusuxukofanupiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://residenciasanamaro.es/userfiles/files/29479611132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imaggu.com/ci/userfiles/files/likoxeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbab1bcaqplb0ccyi9d.xn--p1ai/files/file/lenamubugivapupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evpersoneli.net/ev-personeli/file/54943282012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d48e72358---53415931351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/53307084141622491690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbamantra.com/ci/userfiles/files/26831176691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevgineslianaokulu.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/98315551485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=philip+sidney+as+a+criticPDF 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_off00010eb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB4 18948 bytes
SHA-256: 6dcfd9def5e98872d3c87c89879b02c229db86b41f347b88edaae4ce660d2f99
font_01_sfnt_off00013f8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F8E 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 3943b771467b57a78070a5344feecbde8d8d2d8f573afc5238c770be5ccf95ae
font_02_sfnt_off000157bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1