Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15b68d9c1a221739…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:04:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 51bd9e9fe138cfef1858380f8fe571e3 SHA-1: c0a957932460cbc5faa11a0ccefac2abf8e60af7 SHA-256: 15b68d9c1a2217390c88c82d4fda35aeeb825a9d0829f3c7bd9dc06eb95f9547
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to potentially malicious or phishing content hosted on these compromised domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/511077087c0bd1c5d3885c7871512cf1/guvaxizez.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76es6q7ep80os4ck3t2a63bbfh/33079124256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.anandtirth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n0s24i3glvou6bkrkl6sg2e2h5/gemuponedovujapefak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2e98edc5f---59572314335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/48853508686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7uafqd9gao9ku8glpg8113td6/35336777765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/208e11cebdfd827eb4744586719a18aa/vefenafarinosareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874d76a5144---55283298725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe5e68a370---7938748766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099820657eae---fapilojotewofukozitizal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9d41e9b84---kuvoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6589fiueakhtmmqo3lhoc88au0/kipoked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cc8ac5d14---8908197332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/mowik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepasidemedical.com/images/uploads/file/fizapotajatutibekubele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc5de45e44---bonavire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16079d2bf85d62---xavojusironakivepaxepobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/55680997686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070d542619d9---getiwutejulusexujigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/nebajidaguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birudongker.com/contents//files/83321982665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetfanini.eu/userfiles/files/6819115710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=8085+microprocessor+mcq+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000dbd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBD0 11328 bytes
SHA-256: aca02e3a757a6a512b632c7483be20ef43d778d38e3404631e4f1866a7b56596
font_01_sfnt_off0000f648.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF648 17580 bytes
SHA-256: 1a4ee4212d338363dde1fd409943f77ac14b546194c12cd3c09696710e3ff511
font_02_sfnt_off000124b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1