Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ecc16a76c837e63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-09 08:59:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: ea11c9cfa9cd38a497012eeb3721b14a SHA-1: a598f45d58cd2253bff247e1f97ecf84d083f770 SHA-256: 7ecc16a76c837e633240e27292dcd895598ca488cfdad621f20b8f4433c444a4
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=why+is+my+turbotax+card+app+not+working PDF link annotation
    • http://mistralizmiryonetim.com/uploads/file/bipufidivelusoxesasaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwplazaview.com/uploads/files/tosofujurinurofifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b118baf5f49be6040f14fd7b9f1fc6c/pagopizotalemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20563804075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb09039f39f---wokaxuwitoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondaotohaiphong.vn/upload/files/45304705550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4f62bc3d3034a9433aaa06943d45ee6/bufofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nistd.in/userfiles/file/boxogetivoloka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xatejamabarugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2affa2130ad539e62951a509787caed/rasudefegizuxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/36549512670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e05301c0b---53569904468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/531e69fb24faf1395df9d34b552a87d7/fijavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f97765e21d3---gagevapamuxojadajezud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-5/file/40776654685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mofrantech.com/userfiles/file/lefisavomagevezejosomovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cktlikrls5nla1ogqdopcal04q/70205176315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fc85cbc228dc6e5cf6f110d5f0a3026/bikumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changrung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75486476107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamant-x.sk/UserFiles/file/gifopupolotifaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a5ecc152a---56754773469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beulahcooleycollection.com/clients/870349/File/penalusadexus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1dce79796---wisifopubufefakigosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinaaquachem.com/uploads/files/71900314600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huefpdf.org/upload/file/24317001450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ecb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB0 11412 bytes
SHA-256: b2447e105376aef5c0b0c3a69c7631c3b8422a27fef734d4bb2ed89368a4456e
font_01_sfnt_off00010716.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10716 17660 bytes
SHA-256: ef654602bd3d65520874f2296c911fa7f7e6538e4bd0250fe7b6f1dc9465294e
font_02_sfnt_off000135ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1