Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e6ab65e68f32798…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-25 15:01:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 5c17a974f8035a034ff53a92d735551e SHA-1: cf5859f8c16697b56bbf6dab5fc88c50fe92d9b0 SHA-256: 1e6ab65e68f32798c8d5a3925821133a98a01286765d914175834d79349549f9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-15/20210515062615658853.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/nukaxikifebenuvupakisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab2e94e45b6---gabosugisisivuwerafowukij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/850d3cd820433898d465246510dc019d/xomuxakadiludig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b255a708a9b---59618941400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/66342896716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hit-air.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74443085888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c75b79446a9---43532475771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91f95bb0af7d6cbb20690267cb5003de/7338463032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishiodua.com/contents//files/nokifuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4bcfa03d9---wupurifakezasuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/571fe8d5e4b73c729689972230e638cc/87096924174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/semumumanotevorumaxasud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansecyr.ca/pdf/file/xerelirisamusevok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ec2fca07c---57102394531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qe3srq5q11q18nhk67g6u4kbgv/20539513250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gernano.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/zofurimekag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=when+do+dogs+stop+crying+in+their+cratePDF 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_off0000efea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107FC 16380 bytes
SHA-256: f05f79da61343c953d97ce25f21d93512d308d01f7d6a8214e0c8ee3655ffef0
font_02_sfnt_off0001325d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1325D 10852 bytes
SHA-256: c37080137d67795c67e34a72bb627020f6505a8b7283d8576b05ae662a59f4e3