Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 078e1565f4b6581d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-07-09 18:55:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 1a6c419d19ab926455dd4215309e959b SHA-1: 6c7233a07d9156b2220087d60392c0e793876fb0 SHA-256: 078e1565f4b6581d46bd9b7d388905b00d208022b88177e66952935aeb7d1de7
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a lure that instructs the user to copy and paste content into a shell, likely to execute commands. Additionally, it presents a callback phishing lure, consistent with tech-support scam patterns. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, but the heuristics and embedded URLs suggest a phishing or social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7bd36ee20---87977382528.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rfm15bmorrb1051jkvbs1rqhb1/62639361256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/folinodowisuvedoduwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/55575327048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grapes4u.ca/sites/all/sites/grapes4u.ca/files/70320991095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8q2f6cbpc00tq65sgf8jnrd0n3/vodeliredaditupuxijipipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentimresiklos.hu/upload/file/54694909851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromatographvials.com/d/files/73725125482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macautemple.com/userfiles/file/bexiwuxukuwunuvenegemos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bq7omjfug8g5qeptedud3srbg3/vuxawagewisowisosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9e83ed7e4b2c84003f1254ae3514a28/84173491985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd82875c966d62555b5cc7aa036c021c/12087961169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espacioschillout.es/images/admin/file/16718139993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c79dbb8ba---64103126828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/95078634996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/tamagozasajetot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzbau-napetschnig.at/zategorazebatogikepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/pilubapeworasexumewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhanloc.net/userfiles/file/jetenomubatopaxotirak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h6pote1qtrc4a2avd3rc7phbp0/98972022453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/78293693438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/nukigunoborixukoperid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=ubuntu+commands+list+with+examples+pdfPDF 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_off0000daa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA2 17664 bytes
SHA-256: 6c48cf899ed79910394e20577da0e0edad7aa8446d90452796ada5abc1c5aab3
font_01_sfnt_off00010983.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10983 11220 bytes
SHA-256: c4ceb599d270192cfc45af04681058403f76f5790a7230ef32fdae5375a96aaf
font_02_sfnt_off0001237a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1237A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1