Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba680a6dca74f74f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-07-16 13:01:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 672c24a379710468f3458b4aff995036 SHA-1: a3ee2c61dc0a0047baa8a30eeb6484651b8feb6a SHA-256: ba680a6dca74f74f0d2ecd7fab46bab25c84cc9fe0b018a85891b0c0a82167a9
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://henklinders.nl/henklinders/upload/files/7873211318.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/419ce261f2068566d285990f783b955c/30838064328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vrj531tob1g4heat8rjspqfk9i/76618918544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-kutnahora.cz/gais/image/file/fatisezakefugikezatososub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e25337f60505d68f81f931468f68754b/volijanubejekomufoxulidup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/lunaxutimadojepurerofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adarshvidhyasankul.org/userfilesfile/20532833658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlevitin.ru/fck_editor_files/files/31449406529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dammesliepas.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6463853413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3km55k5eu824k4ljctorcu28an/deviwifikul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc3ef558d1---jubeworapisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-itos.net/admin/userfile/image/file/tamizazixenajalexixilik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbinsfamilyhealthcare.com/clients/2/2c/2c787fa606fc56c3a3a24dfc5409695f/File/7046121671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2d916223e3---68802047018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sp1daaugvlfirac4lckrev8lp5/96329671649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fabm9q237thrbbvohpr1dm9506/wubufoxipubawilegixut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/wavetarupikelex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ca3fb1de2---99392240795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fde62c802---20831072242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makingthegradetexas.com/clients/d/d4/d4716c73f098ea79da165a2194b6736a/File/xuxuregukini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/paxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/10333513785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=css+solved+essays+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000e72c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE72C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF3E 17236 bytes
SHA-256: 2e3018a707ef56c249bdc15b5273083499c20ac5f94b3e57b634e39d6df29e6f
font_02_sfnt_off00012c65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C65 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 01ab22942069b1dd8712abdbae179364d5a3561bca90cc1139d2cfa1c9bda9c0