Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba743a5e953a4b73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 21:09:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1447c4bf4033d1416cd7742ca0db9945 SHA-1: 5cced74ade86be58f28ba9b9ff4a977c6d499f81 SHA-256: ba743a5e953a4b73d484ea43527f0d7f93226840aea2b1880fee4c1f0c73f9d3
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a phishing or scam campaign. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic specifically indicates a callback phishing pretext, likely aiming to trick users into calling a fraudulent number. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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.
  • 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://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/31721318155.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://innospectrum.eu/hirlevel/file/93896284647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salwangurugram.com/files/69145982380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/xusunopag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uklearningnetwork.com/userfiles/file/kopiwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hflchw.com/upload/file/60436924332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viorina-deko.com/images/file/lafojeluwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e191429633---37034457783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotel.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/7154543379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mnp56oikcafh3nh13ev8a3cqgr/gizofosadebafitunar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szamitogep-szerviz-javitas.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vojesosofofolojew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/25793939608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aledrukujemy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91518799440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty-universe.com/image/files/20210906_031418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hefei.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pomajejilutib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b348cf332d---gisisabituse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43da6e9e80a72b686fef1c1ea36ec6af/57274808799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btsoft.vn/uploads/files/29020388173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d5e02c0634---8220368547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5423d89470fa282a29e623f7ab63b487/36673681124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136643798544---4575701849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85909879100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+have+two+snapchat+accounts+on+one+phonePDF 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_off0000af0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF0B 17200 bytes
SHA-256: ea0f1b46e50098b56ee0478ce38e9e568d58475de8e1d3c17b77b4cac78f73a7
font_01_sfnt_off0000dab1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAB1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C8 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 77551737e44f47313bbb2f903daad720c51742a50964f74ac191736fa5f28b5a