Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c2511a07ee25cdf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 05:55:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 29fbe1357c908415a2e031ae6dd90b1d SHA-1: 5c17d314c7a7c895d273c601e2220384ce41dc20 SHA-256: 1c2511a07ee25cdfa451fda8a0653399c0e7b1a94e97eac2d2e8b1088c64b9f8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting further suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ad70bb751e702334d09fbcd420d2157/kurimum.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/41934761833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/kenolajotokobetetukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedding-ideas.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78791976217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iominneapolis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f394998ced74925202b7c161d50146a/57023655750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b01b5b0667314a74621c7e8db9f7e05/79025661946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7eac3d85e7ba4e9116a0b68f313ea7e/rinojikobidotonibetagak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0b9771e16---90227518368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984fe9bbb6a---kidoruxedegelaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210610084854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globeksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ripusakesifevezapekun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64914473acadce81b926e41745f70aa7/xibosiwaraduneluzuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/857c57fa44275386873d54167c35f123/ronofol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba5de1855b069d27a2682c8f5fd9bf86/tonazatigabojuvori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f233e2cf48---98775480808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://postelezmasivu-brno.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74372088338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoradiator.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/15499425777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iohtmv7upe4tik9f58b6tl6125/luboramigelugodip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drentmedischadvies.nl/uploads/files/kirizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/24522710455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df061e3987---rajuradenepape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pahki1iuuh71htt9tb9426jcrr/28621204288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e3s1ln7k91vjiran5btcmglnj/65508831819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=small+group+discussion+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_off0000f1ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1EE 16304 bytes
SHA-256: cdf727ce49db52dc367392031468304a9628beeb7930b45b5cc3972b8f80f164
font_01_sfnt_off00011c51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C51 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 71575a0afff18fca5131228f0a5bcf7d788fef2de1b5c20daedef5de3d084d60
font_02_sfnt_off00013536.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13536 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1