Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc5260e84abe8323…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 00:08:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 81acad9d7e6837d1a23b348dda8d3837 SHA-1: 7cf511e25e4858286cd3b3c29a0382af034dad13 SHA-256: cc5260e84abe8323590141c0cf3c92a1ecb10522132f65c53406e72c52003c87
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier, including ClamAV's Pdf.Phishing.Trojan detection. It employs an image-only lure, typical of phishing, and contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+san+andreas+3 PDF link annotation
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luxuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17353cfdb82e6493c1b64305e8c98ddc/pofuxagalipukefewixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd4e0878cf1a33e4d78f50b2fe6c2588/xiwugalafadowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.com/file/93234472166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrtaspol.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19496984430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deycaterers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10188624313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a6430c0e60---toboxuzobowupini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kd29p15gipkdtuklrntseglq04/jotosejetuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/45599216042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19830389749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/94543978100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betsin.org/userfiles/files/saxubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/varizekezanusunetegubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbeeldt.nl/userfiles/file/77269248400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezgoe.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wosesani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.irafbrothers.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/dawadolovavalulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f382762290fc9f1211a94fbdd0497b9/xatekawulixexafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bartonsteel.com/tony/barton/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lutenimumisagad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/62384071180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasco-ye.com/uploads/file/22412572401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioingegneramato.com/userfiles/files/sebibasajexajog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mh-gartengestaltung.de/userfiles/file/zuxosowuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lednotice.com/userData/board/file/51495497136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livres-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fetilamek.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_off0000b063.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB063 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c87a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC87A 10192 bytes
SHA-256: e034031ab06bc4a0f791a0efad72230b69fc18bf71868aede8508cc12963c2cb
font_02_sfnt_off0000df7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF7E 14196 bytes
SHA-256: 253d5c9f48600e7a26b87bf00e7f13e0c7ffe09db55a5afd1518b91b7a550b60