Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e585194843b0b852…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-05-22 23:02:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f9eaab164278366a1890084bca754f8d SHA-1: 2fd9391ab4973b2cb654a67d28ce68700d45c627 SHA-256: e585194843b0b8523cdd09f49e0ea1bd18e34b5f6340d1cff7155b4de93041cc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload directories. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text related to Venezuelan VAT regulations, likely serving as a lure. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple links to potentially compromised sites suggests an attempt to deliver a second-stage payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762e64e86b4---padowudubune.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/50710450981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607affdb82551---693049031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/um1ovbhmt691hcoi5jhsan5umg/26365953133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607519c3ce007---tidofusubixedejejadimob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kiafiphnkkejpbb33ttbtol0a2/gevedob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c00a660775---pegowego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/fibigirusovofujatekipetun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720e6f05959---92982312282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/12716744158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/funarulesevawokadipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/77990364701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/biguvukosaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6498f2c3abbc32cd45c4d4982cdcb04f/49015513409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ab0cf144a8f72a08dd3d85fbce78b8e/mozume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.knickmeier.net/images/pageimg/file/bijen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943e1db28bf---90776979753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=reglamento+ley+iva+venezuelaPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012962.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12962 4948 bytes
SHA-256: 18ab1dcb89ecc873b5fc6a6dcfb49eac3cf630f5b3132a2775c4ca9d5bfbb150
font_01_sfnt_off00013a4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A4A 11812 bytes
SHA-256: beff8234d6fc816a06bcc91a6783f7d5b11cca3dc4ce4c445c1217b7dc2628bd