Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cca3c0d48e130a4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-10-01 02:58:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 008d4ea4bce70a051b82a0c38fcc0383 SHA-1: 79c61e760d7b8f4a26f40e86e8d04b7a5c77b4fa SHA-256: cca3c0d48e130a4f95068059fbf284bd11792af390a8b183f48f340c1f943a56
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF_IMAGE_LURE heuristic indicates it likely presents a screenshot to obscure clickable actions, aiming to deceive users into navigating to these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=juegos+con+aceler%C3%B3metro+para+android PDF link annotation
    • http://studioingegneramato.com/userfiles/files/fetevaxerokuxekevubaxomer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40130680247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didula.com/img/file/purejizokakemopusidido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d3e42e9d8e---91028815281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1b710679157c9ff86a8bd274e1c3b02/59730662706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://31app.com/userfiles/file/15851811856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apteka-wratislavia.pl/halatecza/userfiles/file/zilutezumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pt-lb1.pasarantogel.com/contents/files/jonuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/mesegejatenutadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newkontakt.ru/userfiles/images/file/43979786000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pskov.agisinfo.ru/uploads/content/files/lugezijodifok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dimensionshoppe.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jebivekidobidusezumup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyiat.com/html_upload/file/tekobinoxatalosip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antasboru.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/11763852520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ddc233d0e9---23282997927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb9e69125e---jopudufixurub.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://sukaunited4d.vip/contents/files/60687134216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowator-zpu.pl/userfiles/file/nasinofib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelpenza58.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17072505068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/zazopunida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoprofile.ru/userfiles/file/27198589059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://distant-property.ru/fck_editor_files/files/guzibabogogutosukuwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptsound.com/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61781756595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/lorijovokegizogumujevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yao-cheng.com/uploadfiles/20210923230347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalsublimation.net/uploadfile/files/bugux.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_off0000b47b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB47B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC8D 13464 bytes
SHA-256: a6af1dbdc270648df47f30e01d86fe6ecd61853fd445235a1b5adc21b0d24722
font_02_sfnt_off0000edb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB5 11084 bytes
SHA-256: e5fe7cc5ebf7d2a00aedba50be60af4b27f085533d4cfae19f15b468d2589d98