Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1be1085b0e620c70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 14:46:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: b481fff3dd209d4957d2bb26c5a755fa SHA-1: 781a157f11274cdc6cf7e4cd07a5df4650bde63f SHA-256: 1be1085b0e620c70e009cf774c27d30337ad3e1e111af7099989fdb6e72553a9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The presence of numerous unknown URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic suggest an attempt to obscure the true malicious destination, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb3ba5ba5db7bc3a5c6eff61ceb48326/88382472904.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839d3deb21b---wodabovopagemakevepebilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e7b53c06c---27519051984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/24788823793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb4a29b07e---neragul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/fevogezubadevesur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bufolari.com/public/immagini/file/tojenep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b19da47480c---gedekigakutip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/84600517362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d79b2f6e1---67388735758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f14ac3fed---jiturojegeturaxebufalawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfjmsf3iifqpb32q1bbol7cfc8/13069551934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1vb82punrudaong7fj72u85m04/punemisemabijozulese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5om3gbao0muh7scmif49l6oh6/7311906031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kezmosas.hu/files/file/97072769155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/28774811687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henca.com/files/details/file/ropufesibimilagenela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160950e65ee77e---xapasobitage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/jigitobafufevoxanidax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbb666317dc---64993559128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc41d2a8b2f---39633304831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47o0tk24qraonffat3crt9ei11/8744178554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607254a00ad20---mibonefonipimifoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoparkalbanese.it/file/pimipaled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ad4bd6751---miduzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094332ceeb6d---38424407247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=kg+powerlifting+chartPDF 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_off0000eaff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010316.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10316 10668 bytes
SHA-256: f708514a2628b3b95abb41da23861502051670ffdfa7a2a7390708e48bc8b931
font_02_sfnt_off00011b85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B85 17056 bytes
SHA-256: 6e0a564b1d5d74397f3db70b61462137144557bb7402aea7b009bea4d47b0547