Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01c2c65538b6dc84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 03:16:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 05b457adce5e548a0bf3e0fc2001615f SHA-1: dc2dad0e542c2084cccb17255c4cb75f435ecb05 SHA-256: 01c2c65538b6dc84362bc43ee300c26e961fb8bc32e7678af9d5167caec2adbb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. These links likely serve as a lure, redirecting users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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=chemistry+laboratory+apparatus+and+their+uses+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae352978ba---14593056250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d9aa1bc99---goxoxowexexovurep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/18450318283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/683f7654e972ae04a4aaaf34c5e67928/suxagogemizaxexadaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1q1d89697jf7g46chgps4b9q76/kuxelorarutupedipojavex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731a4261d0d---29966656119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00c8e2d959401acfcf09cd304516e272/gemakeriwidobopovisetiwaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1f13d7d3ac---21884447236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/23959204521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hq4kggt7eanhhbrq2o2tie8jt/76154115497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/au55hg0oov4lk82nggsblba4q0/31508928632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lso-msm.fr/userfiles/file/24118821935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6b09a6ddb---10744628462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3780de32df---66100338890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reelproductionshd.com/userfiles/file/sokaxajixigigag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/zajedilefupavatujepiwezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwmd.com/upload/fckeditor/file/kukivamazibobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a83eba61632805111476a3c3ca51fa3e/83431986389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8c6f8d241---dizomasuzogamogebefuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efe89082ae1d1200e229f9d4681c3711/38709404709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/279569189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/wasitexijetupiru.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_off0000e986.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE986 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001019d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1019D 11148 bytes
SHA-256: d65f0888665e716b700761425e00a5b91f2d7afcd5c6a0f96548f702adb78363
font_02_sfnt_off00011b3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B3F 17036 bytes
SHA-256: 323e8e5bc97e1effc6d5b1e48987c4c840bef7b6a7d488830f9a537ecface587