Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fa4b5e4313c2523…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 10:44:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 54fc88e9a779d6c4d6884676e7756dba SHA-1: 3f58e8e4c736ac04c8cca7929a5e2a3f079ef990 SHA-256: 1fa4b5e4313c25230eb53e5fc8361aedef776e3c00bccc8ccb41ea84cc7d805f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classification further support its malicious nature. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9803

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 http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075478ee3804---85877959585.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/kitabimazurefenusaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvirne88.com/clients/71477/File/47549167241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ae38ebbf4---55827936201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddaff9c2d722948ffc7ef8fbe2235ed2/60627701666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74e83acddd55b66598c140b67a6a701b/zukosoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/070d28298cbf0d4bbea271f8e72c2bce/nadovaxowivadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad49c5ab4e2---69148202421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/28835029979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4ae1b0ccb15ef98701c0c137d116851/vegubelidawuval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f266da7e8---86707478570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b775ac4f8---sujefifexedanewetugerigaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/userfiles/file/28362792235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/rifulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jgeqfpp0ahtjnaaqui368l2fc1/37995355581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce7bbf7e9f2e17605c13e70e95556258/doxodalezusirumilisaruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2955e86f644418b83b9a161e384038e/nixapiwidawuzugube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11956db43f---fasuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mahlkoenig.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/50242122949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/gijukezuwijexus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3716c7bcae---96556121128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796c65ee6fb---memukupebozimelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eac52401da2673353a3fa6db0fb221d1/raruwebiruwukilebozuzivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i4mkucl3p06aj9ajcdi5v75fo2/94708051916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0102786ea7---muxodesanogiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806b6cdb11a---44268485450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=indiana+commercial+license+platesPDF 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_off000124bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124BC 10628 bytes
SHA-256: eb2168dbb6da618ee4035c6f0c43928ba0844152e32f5e05d8660c8d8928ee0f
font_01_sfnt_off00013cf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CF7 17904 bytes
SHA-256: c727b0ab02cbedc8ca22b44ab47f7932cdf28174d41ce8ce386ba9c584fa2d88
font_02_sfnt_off00016c1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1