Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19f4e1d97ed3f847…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 11:49:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: fd1228c2bd10c8aa0162c08abf4b911f SHA-1: edb7e9cb43eb7605db0befb019f1729cbdb04f13 SHA-256: 19f4e1d97ed3f847da115b59c47e6ebd53598e7a07d99572373bd4e46d50e681
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure, likely leveraging embedded JavaScript for execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://myredm.ru/uploads/file/82427299695.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c9db31e4f---76932274263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ikfvauetp2s74aaq1u0ms1j8bb/nasulit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://change4best.ru/upload/file/sobowaporizajonepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingpiazza.eu/userfiles/files/kufok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9c01bca615026efc997106fd1e5172f/rifejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d36680a996---24307909125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeaf2937ad7---migujomegagafiwoderiwolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cgqbr11pauhb5kkjgmvd541rs1/29407119951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae44d0be5b9---vabitapideragezovidema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/fikasejijexomuzizim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/solipajoroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saam.vn/images/content/file/jetomefuguzevuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dg6te0ikrnkff787nmbuum9ql5/39659739467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1f13e690b---mavonisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac21929cec3---jalokebuberuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betheaskssd.com/flash/betheaskssd.com/file/36867220299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fb9030f3e1fef00b2c3c866504645a4/rakametamasalulojiliva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linkingpeople.info/userfiles/file/47332154467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/pejukovogivuwetipovam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721633245f8---zuzesiloxogusomelawelapep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hidbpebmklqdrjqd0egokihrn9/77140906035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072dbad96793---7303104787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayzerfamilyreunion.com/clients/0/08/08e2d5bcffca37c2e1a82d364f4296c6/File/torijudizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/suxagifubalamunozipiwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+trivia+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_off0000f59a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF59A 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 982ba7b9b102269374c205778aa57343204a40367f52a7b27dd82b45bf1f5d19
font_01_sfnt_off00010eea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126FC 17596 bytes
SHA-256: 29445529eaf9af247ed2342f71a17296638bc64957193a5f21b3c23d7e3df557