Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ad6b7c935c84bc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-18 20:02:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9a0486f8bd05c77ae9240dfabf6182df SHA-1: a56b2a91fcc5e3c054855d0028e7d8ec3c8e0a41 SHA-256: 7ad6b7c935c84bc0785bc765060f8968c5af7349f435ddd0ec59135cd84f1b1c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload storage locations, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests the document prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in tech-support scams or callback phishing. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of numerous embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score support the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://namlongadc.com/uploads/news/files/basirirat.pdf
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/44042511968.pdf
    • https://svrcontractors.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7d50918813ffcd644bb321cd44f1bb9/fuferujiwisakezi.pdf
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/rofeniporafe.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ge5hv6t01mfcum7b2td258lul5/nopozizuzarogibopapazimo.pdf
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5da71dcebf1218a4c7657dcefcf19aa3/gamuxijuxume.pdf
    • http://ronniejoymemorialfund.com/clients/1/1a/1a75100f29d804137a154ca93ef51a80/File/4181631325.pdf
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607633705f744---fisatubosiseranodaratawe.pdf
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784809db633---xisute.pdf
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/23948976911.pdf
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13ecfac9ca0bcf829ab4d7c9ab880b84/47382112119.pdf
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6j5shdpebdjs1bkcdjlooc5jj2/90095859493.pdf
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f06baaf67d012b031ee220316a905aa/nuroresuremodesalule.pdf
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/ronaxobotodefaso.pdf
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55bc453813---fiterurabirunorad.pdf
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/27792485164.pdf
    • https://mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/2263673735.pdf
    • http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021060307564973499.pdf
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a533bf4313b---regawotimomusawujawasusaf.pdf
    • https://yepsell.com/userfiles/files/muvudoj.pdf
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/446e5f3801e4893b7c8a83135d0a4b86/4075389254.pdf
    • http://gostinica-domodedovo.ru/files/wefakepetotafex.pdf
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddra0573mcfkcbtvq00o72cls5/ledaxaxubopiniw.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=ph+buffer+and+isotonic+solution+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f264.bin
810b0adff48c61a896620129eeaaacf267f10de7bf85e832accc48a9bf2be1b1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF264 18064 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012212.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12212 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013a29.bin
7d5812e8b94c6937f0d7fefcd6abc141d4795aad1d18388570be85ca836c3f43
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A29 10956 bytes