Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29742b72387f1d97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.2 KB Created: 2021-09-25 12:03:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: af99c1ef7518a5986a2a5619013242e4 SHA-1: 057e112ddac80dc265b46d0db752728146de38d5 SHA-256: 29742b72387f1d97c82995a6b831fef6656c08f3252bd9b84c3aa1c5be0d164b
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a screenshot lure, typical for phishing campaigns. It contains numerous links pointing to external domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and heuristics suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 6

  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161372ebe7a40d---44370716700.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mogilew.ru/userfiles/file/sejoketajukog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wspaperbag.com/userfiles/file/19859830905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kp-technik.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jolelev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomilano.eu/userfiles/files/gejorojixolewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinacoma3.vn/userfiles/file/18733121690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alibrahimtravel.com/mycms/uploadedimages/editorUploadedImages/file/vixekefoxaxenevefaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pierrelemagicien.com/userfiles/file/nazuretuguwurak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iaido-iaijutsu.ru/userfiles_exc/54877212392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysolutions.it/uploads/assets/file/35337107222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/54293796995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsaimmigration.com/userfiles/file/81432677177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/nurez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0771d0c7a51634d802491b14b7c727f/bewekebagefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cbf144ffb1---41273694045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pecintajp.com/contents/files/fipuwuxesabetinipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.tw/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210910_5766C847DD3C5DC1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e1e4d3127a---sisaluzivotusavowifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbond-cn.com/userfiles/file/jopadunap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161373811a961b---kubivanosivala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66049d85903a64db44b28c9fc38c012c/69017323052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympusflights.com/files/files/korutaxefiwutike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plymouth-logs.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16564387483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.larucheapain.fr/ljk/file/geruxivazif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=cooking+fever+hack+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000af60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF60 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 64b5731cfe140ee75c11fcec7fa5807d2a1204832d62dad261c632e3853f9a6b
font_01_sfnt_off0000c870.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC870 14048 bytes
SHA-256: 65c643f07983b2cb7ba7c99b32e068011553f88e803936d8b426bc8adc8d6fb0
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB86 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1