Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc02d8af1045ace7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 11:22:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f8b0da47e7cb775b14f5e7aeb4a29762 SHA-1: 0c007aeddd6d57fc59f4a84428d2f1d457abe3e1 SHA-256: cc02d8af1045ace73265de1a7f8132d468140e5e879a06d0efc934dff51df4ff
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document employs a social engineering lure, instructing the user to install a browser extension or update, a common tactic for credential theft or further malware deployment. Embedded JavaScript streams and external URIs pointing to potentially compromised sites suggest the execution of malicious code and the download of additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chrome+os+download+windows+10 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.catedralirodahaz.hu/data/editorfile/81292654009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parzenica-bialka.pl/userfiles/files/vewatijovegog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141b844ce03a---kopuxoxetili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/osnabgslqqa6riq70rv21k5553/tiwutipivijibam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.com/ressource/site-image/files/70221306187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslag.eu/userfiles/file/21329971805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.szphotar.com/admin/img/files/nutaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb6bcaf089---zilokojirururepazoxuvig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayingiabao.com/upload/files/razedibeluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a6f547167---63433569173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cupanghitam.com/contents/files/wazinufimovegulanivipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3d80c61ba---vumafilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/21991922770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/21961429739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/21393646195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bronnicy.inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sulobibikasewop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panama4d.com/contents/files/lejanisosanunapuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commsoft.nu/demo/ktb/wsmbilder/files/sazefenisafave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windowsplusllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74548248234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marasintl.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/53436870011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89803149234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowsontw.com/shopadmin/upload/files/14989565606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cluster006.ovh.net/~greeters/namur/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sifenudaxilelez.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_off0000e499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE499 17756 bytes
SHA-256: f3715f4ff120e61fab3cbbdb4b57f34ad418be2349eb4bb9a617c0fe44cbf552
font_01_sfnt_off0001123c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1123C 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 4995dbfb2823b8accca649dd6bc1915521d2826d871c30ec923585d1dc6f1f45
font_02_sfnt_off00012ab7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AB7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1