Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f894ae05a83e44f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 09:28:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 5edce9722add4fa8e96b16a9f8da6397 SHA-1: 9c6499b115b0311dc655eff7066ecb421e2f0daf SHA-256: 1f894ae05a83e44f433a97b93499bd07f3fa1b23d4ee062ec26e076c1098a740
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or spam campaign, indicated by a high number of links pointing to external resources. Many of these URLs are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=benefits+of+hot+oil+treatment+natural+hair PDF link annotation
    • https://nepalimodelagency.com/userfiles/file/tewonemaladitumuwozeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haustechnik-hagenauer.at/23955475757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/520d385604905fcfc6a214b2612aabc8/92696927324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartmaji-zunicmile.com/uporabnik/file/9055772782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e106df8c36e---58337022397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/174d43f937d501d59e4dd71f2849ac22/67316341465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/pududifiwexidigujedoxodep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/931348fcace338e4c26f48789db87627/rapowulewuseli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608913f496245---6205307614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1d83952ba---tuxiruxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/zususoripajokusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a4f772ee8---77824298592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niengrangchuyensau.com/upload/contentFile/file/72622175493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1b6c6047bd---86215157015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59bc8efb41---66770308823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gilbertthomasreunion.com/clients/5/5f/5f56fe696be94dde62972871c8a9bc28/File/bofexusanosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/tutul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superlitefan.com/uploads/files/fepadoromafuwize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t6geqs8tng58g0olhbqmajg7n0/sotokijadusoxigakirisafej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuxihemei.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210626_032930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/16075215864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a9e8fc46554bca3ec71782aca25675e/dewamipemulotepokixep.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_off0000fb6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB6B 16944 bytes
SHA-256: b43e743a99d3295606a4f5498696c968059786e1d414b9895b42fb8ed3a07a38
font_01_sfnt_off00012785.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12785 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013f9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F9C 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 3a4dec336b0bb92f164947e04fdfa33fabc2f9f3d0edadfc072fddb6459220f8