Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e1cd4b325ff6a93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-08-09 05:51:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: dd77aeea6b695a1a227d678250737116 SHA-1: 44b061a5799d6f15e114ce8e410af5ec95bd9a07 SHA-256: 7e1cd4b325ff6a93ba7e897fe1df98c5480abd711088d719e097b82ee608ea7a
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it is designed to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document's content is a pretext for a callback phishing or tech-support scam, aiming to trick the user into calling a fraudulent phone number. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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
  • 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://bevelec.com/bevelec/dossierMois/file/35464655132.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4p0o2bsmb4nf54ajb7oue6vseb/16995851092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c30807d42d8---79797741417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6b208c8ce---37270854980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizavacanze.com/userfiles/files/51461326292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gm4halq5s192o14bea54lcgq0q/82716930417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastersequipments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55766754090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/nokos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/813312421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76678329798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/lidekozobazuzurewafav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/70388794488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609233735cd4e---96802907861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a738d9b90e6c8cb81316aa21e637d681/22026789276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ithaca1962.com/clients/41687/File/piwepugeteporamufuderovan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m3hotels.com/userfiles/file/51522125996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galantemontagnana.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15345740001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocinti.eu/userfiles/files/bojamosumoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datev.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90399212884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toitureetfacade.fr/data/Files/kuripugiwofudeponufuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/41775944557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac13a0ac1c9---wawelesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b42482978---popawebotuweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021043008591042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=gta+online+money+glitch+2019+redditPDF 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_off0000fca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000114bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114BB 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 7732352938fdfd1ea7d87d31ed833910294db60361b168df683610976887e32b
font_02_sfnt_off00012edc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EDC 17460 bytes
SHA-256: 156640c032a5a56087f1dcf1f10709c531e0c4d510361067cbff95064f4ed5a1