PDF malware analysis — malicious · ba0ba9c0480dfad6

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-07-23 20:45:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23

MD5: 90af42609b0bac0104230bb6200cbaf7 SHA-1: d9d28d4bb3d0f0166ffa8744b581cd2a32924ca3 SHA-256: ba0ba9c0480dfad63b635444ba9cc373fb9248acf1309b07f0052efb3171e6fe

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 0.9876

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 http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d76a499d60e---rikafonaselazos.pdf In PDF document text
- https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a7c65ba463883cb474d0ef3124327ba/forosebomu.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096190e69276---64102051476.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f094a3c02e---nozudapu.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b40db9f153e---xiruvogumanewoxizuj.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://hkparkkonutlari.com/image/files/54795201417.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/923f41747723aa708642ddd3b251a0bd/fumezititexabuw.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73d75d6a842f5586e7bdbcd4d306a057/57487944617.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5glq0hqi0m3s5mtcckqdp6a5hj/solikevemededokunowobo.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://sweden2020reunion.com/clients/e/e2/e2375cbe45a1e08e95d3a39ca41e84e3/File/42853545444.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b33e2fd4ed6---nunogesuxidebonaxeridos.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa3bari7lr4m1o89odhc8bak6e/zenuno.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://gs-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/34259218739.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://eghamatyab.com/basefile/bainbookcom/files/18920506397.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54492c3d1ca5df866df6435b2adaa1be/12270392736.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/685198775a36ccbbdf9d3807192cd1bf/54918650511.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://zonwering-belgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31011004765.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://glenbrooksouth1970.com/clients/1/17/17fc1bd13d5538a69f39d58c869d2fc5/File/52944458873.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c47320188---vovamidituwivij.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775610e1879---batotisowugume.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907e31d71dc---givubirik.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cdb4f24fa037508c90d8bd3ab13c11c/rikiv.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a663cac2e55---fenoloxubejizuju.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47349a15711301c6f6d07895e751d727/57954639963.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.dogwoodagility.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sisupewigudawirorupuva.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01bcd648c351e6e9f658dfbf8a17d2cc/kudot.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=discurso+quince+a%C3%B1os+padrePDF 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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off0000fda6.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDA6	16792 bytes
SHA-256: `9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1`
`font_01_sfnt_off000115bd.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115BD	10816 bytes
SHA-256: `7c39698d93c3583aaf806916064cafe65aa3b0ca73bcdec00ce8b1a476361b54`
`font_02_sfnt_off00012e45.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E45	18276 bytes
SHA-256: `594913631cc582bcc4bfaa025b2c5574bfb4922f143f27147c5fd67c2fa9762b`

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