Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16fba07f6ab9f702…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:15:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: e722042352093684ccd2e7659492a607 SHA-1: b136d5234d7d24cafa47d90a504e9b9c7a07e118 SHA-256: 16fba07f6ab9f702e332b7aadf8497f1cf3ae597405ce93eef6c1c757be87564
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating maliciousness. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly indicate an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=do+washing+up+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75db3d9419852cbc50bc5cbefc4acf75/sisulatidapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee496a4acc---77803378274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/54575438870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4d6d2f3629---28642618492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0501504ea2---nogupakovofilifuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0edc81d642d72daf0f617108dc16270c/kixususolozaterisel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e969b0033---83542493513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t53966ovsjt6tbbnb34023logj/59607672690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21056d7cfc---sukusametuleba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaae7amexjfdlfdfg.xn--p1ai/files/file/15660430310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energo-market.ru/sadm_files/rajilibikikod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d3d1550d4---45100320808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windmill-bv.com/userfiles/files/76970334442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c452f9a679---xebitibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bainihu.com/upfiles/editor/files/kevijutedureladaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/22549767567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105292350295935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf31110924---kurufejexitabure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uu2vj2b28084npgu6ljrqvj5s0/buzadapatojuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/clvp5dtgka03tu2kpm7eum6t51/98688094431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhanloc.net/userfiles/file/fekatazulimexetatuwabix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mt-creativestudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14197196411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba36840f4f5---6848387294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48h2s6u5umkfjuvmp4rpnm4gi5/36152192559.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_off0000f5b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010dc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC3 17404 bytes
SHA-256: 61c7a43d99ab1fde8aa568328a04f9c3f3fc6407562fe41acdb6bfe69b848467
font_02_sfnt_off00013b4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B4D 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 3c12979ee7ba4ed794b0d63eab2a2f1edb801517669168f0a321ce7baed714f9