Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 299613cfdcd1594f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 01:00:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 3cca6284973cefd92bd54f4c7f6940db SHA-1: 7f416fc35aa1f3fb92388b08b2f2535155be2dd4 SHA-256: 299613cfdcd1594f27316d49fab4bd7014f6b25500cd751c3c02e05df9896bcf
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the presence of external URIs suggests an attempt to redirect the user to potentially harmful content. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 5

  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=meuniere+sauce+with+capers PDF link annotation
    • http://greenbrier101.com/userimages/82856263225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianmosaicnyc.com/userfiles/file/fupefisapol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c15503e6db---jirewetomabajaxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/23162525416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c69249b2cf1---burexesefunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/78888929993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b805c0f09951b926d718ee454a1afe66/33925670528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1q7pipr0ahgbtba2cuqmg4kt44/51407981897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a145f6f23e788c98d1e6731ba62d5c2/23383703500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c4d604f2c4---30547354131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/fisisifupopelezuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/xirakisafunagosunejaler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/57876668176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/75876476617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3009990b2---jasasibikatari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853257204f3---40209118087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad4f87cd2f5---goluzukisidezijibelobow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893c815bd3a---40605498736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35c36750b4b36386d3e89802586aa029/52748126527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pnnuivqhe7o8nlrmjdvrhqnopt/tebuxemezozajatepivokir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c05a0f3095a---75756114650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/34341028048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opuntia.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa8f0562f51c0d21fda123ae30b60d48/xumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villanakarin.com/userfiles/files/34499316235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka23.ru/upload/m/66237639864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfojhhh2l1qf7amgik447snf97/91801747900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609636ededce0---tulalomorufajexazape.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_off0000f745.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF745 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010f57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F57 18408 bytes
SHA-256: b18227da2de2bcd109a9f687ed40a00b6bc7fc4fc64d5d80a0f790f9f5f45daa
font_02_sfnt_off00013f6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F6B 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 46919f0a61a9fc31d0e35048b6ae4caf88ee091a79ddae8f0df4edc407f07420