Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e56189d45304ded…

MALICIOUS

PDF

182.2 KB Created: 2021-07-09 00:28:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: f7952690e55b2f4efe5b563f7da11cde SHA-1: 95220410a70168afa9326bda15656b3c9920ff9f SHA-256: 1e56189d45304dedcb564a6ac6942d2ef9767ca0a08979d87b31d50e4ef61e91
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of a PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic and the ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS flag strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with known PDF-based lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9906

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sirtuin+theory+of+aging PDF link annotation
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072251c02b96---17452450506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c21b439571a---52049780309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4458b236ef---87755881714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6b33603f86---waregalobaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6145bec51e---mexidigekewijutawezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beaf8fe4818ac9f4f9fdf33dce96aa6f/judovosotanazuzedegixew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/80553266921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/Upload/files/66880007945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984ba008c49---dadigaxatizuranuzal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/77112756546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijp2.com/contents//files/3045933378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kilincsweb.hu/fileok/file/84345300548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af1036a54b9bc467d87ac8f49311ab44/xuroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gikguamerica.com/userfiles/file/xadekalexegurafotomulemov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c14b6041741---xalomukofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/37583568925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///59101023863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085af224a2a5---69727823987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/gapuvowezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6529bb3032---3672600973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-communications.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/murodugesajamuroduvozob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itineraire-consulting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1025165702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e3956084b00a9bc0c8477388d986e88/vapunevepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6fbc84c84f824e02098195b87d72e19/36679036615.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_off000268d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x268D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000280f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x280F0 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 26a453eae2e498b24dcfe3230869cfdefb935d0c97c18d0b420640308154bc1c
font_02_sfnt_off00029906.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x29906 19760 bytes
SHA-256: a9ef5ddc5b94ca2d1e96c137ae3a21f56047b832f98f6bb37d6cc24ca9cf59b1