Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cc7d56af481cdd6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:23:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 85a841f59a3e81a9e8612527c2e6c68a SHA-1: c6ed55e0c0afe673ebafcf2ca3e3f8f9f70645cc SHA-256: 1cc7d56af481cdd6edf17256ce9c2487b0d65dc8cc21256b45c3a06f2c2ba594
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other potentially malicious sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945ada3c4d7---dutodonifasa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://trellisdundee.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed0fc9122646d01cc95b71d5421fd6cc/41137274296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nvufm7qnvt8v1upfl1593d0hp9/nurodawofudeluxupemadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b59424d0fed03eebcb64447f8b2021f7/lotepinejewujabidor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a3e90al7n6vsp0n64npshqugk/61308113276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motorlustor.net/userfiles/file/roximituvofunavovotop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a4ebd672d---lusigalivafulipoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210521082125506830d48pax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfd85156ba---12195849838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hobbstownis100.com/clients/6/66/66141d04a4341350d76ae3a38785cb5a/File/widusigitiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/tarel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/wunakodegux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mojer.bg/files/31266852742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coopinproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97265544536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/37585948783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuga-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/xejizelafejun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1.com/contents//files/pakudegajamisove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/282119564869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/58966618892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/24166280534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab59b51b488---kevafevesazekopef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/lorumabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/424gghmcmmtp5eqhuls97o0tu4/zojej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=paper+princess+read+online+freePDF 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_off0000e4a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4A7 17648 bytes
SHA-256: 6da26af63e2c457047c619420906fb56f5a96cb52281163e7394e5cd31781754
font_01_sfnt_off00011254.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11254 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 5c3b5a4c1a261a724fc0dc9299dc0efbc5123f3c2802e93791d8253f05016cf0
font_02_sfnt_off00012a4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1