Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edea09c4d1c519da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-08-17 05:50:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4a57d60ce635b7daae7b572d28a96a02 SHA-1: fd8c95e483be86a5b51abef30289f6e61b4d738b SHA-256: edea09c4d1c519da0895f7622004050d0f628bc42a7a7c74b394e61804116d99
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam. The document contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or deliver further malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user to call a phone number under the guise of resolving a billing, refund, or security issue.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837a19e7224---xikalibon.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca69ebb470---zabamev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/wanasopesozuvubapip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202106130319315452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791fc457726---dumotenesitutepow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/totefoxoxuxunebiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/34889882245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06e681fa1285494d79d0ad68109bda47/52852227859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/58862961486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111f9fa1e3b9---wusemaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ural-aiti.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fopejibizedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a28ad14028---32860294968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88a30deb2e5f78bd003704c8c5f749d8/98655518136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fopab42riankq0hug8ct08ffpv/53851536174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobas.cz/userfiles/file/46303258887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d685cda882be684c0970aaaa6de72427/zewezibazazibokejesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windfreeklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/metamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1tnda17u9nq5utglg4o2quf6lj/5426462211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auburn-companies.com/userfiles/files/zovanixoxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/647771850c8f7093aad4b525d243951b/39182769782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c696fb1bcd4e47e891fb41e7d46c19a2/26481037875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=subject+verb+agreement+practice+printablePDF 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_off0000bc2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC2D 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 6ddb141aafdbd21eff55c470b3a0283ac55f2d1bbd4484ec834cc265a112abe6
font_01_sfnt_off0000d54c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD54C 16772 bytes
SHA-256: 8f37082f4f79f8c32af22b6af9f2b6e9dea63ba06ae4782917998a7666cc475c
font_02_sfnt_off0000fef4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1