Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2059705fa97765dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

178.1 KB Created: 2022-04-27 02:48:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-07-19
MD5: 1b197d34298f4271d467540ef912cd98 SHA-1: 18973ba0efcf5593ef7c3d85da49a37cc6fd8ac1 SHA-256: 2059705fa97765dd9f97c1adaf1f393bddc22064596462a94846c92d3e68631d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the heuristic firings suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7427

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 https://loheb.co.za/XSRYdR1H?utm_term=fishbone+diagram+in+word+template PDF link annotation
    • https://balatonfurediallatorvos.hu/userfiles/file/78514705390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/demifolujisitogitotiliwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebovsem.ru/app/webroot/files/files/15750015998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/74124074351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantex.org/tantex/tantexuserfiles/file/dutopetafidowisalit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingyao.com/uploadfiles/files/20220418_014335_5391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nawikavo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814462/ritiminajal-zigasoxuz-bameb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sapghqb5a9t588gmgtremsosm1/xelivebegedovobeneneromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/162383d351bca7---61322261505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xehowo24h.com/images/ckeditor/files/82510664172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kinohorror.com/upload/file/83025286043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cadibo.ro/userfiles/file/bugaborewosubuluxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerasakob.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132682990/nuvexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoclaixebinhthuan.com/upload/contentFile/file/97471175643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanbaan.nl/bestanden/files/52750048946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/162400391b489b---69867476677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relorurexo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135391300/3500168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perumudu.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/1/4/141426869/9f5c02696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://087334211.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71118820889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dallaslandscapedesign.com/media/files/jebezujabutalamobokolebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencshow.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wotomuxesurowelotugivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cauthangdep24h.com/upload/files/57881517730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar-toys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lupumowan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accl-calibration.com/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wozenibofalatefulotivudeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vexojuvij.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134345090/8c6d11678b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vesodadetuvi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132740638/8395894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jopixumux.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/7/134734794/4209379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pkkmaluku.org/berkas/plugin/ckeditor/kcfinder/upload/files/3293009912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balatonpremiumvillas.hu/webroot/upload/files/rapolululalefefezos.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 extracted file (font_00_sfnt_off00025b25.bin)
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn extracted file (font_00_sfnt_off00025b25.bin)

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00025b25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25B25 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 1a0a5a229b5b4794ba9f76e795c4d5f04bcd80eaffc699f677628e84ed5180e8
font_01_sfnt_off000287ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x287CA 11040 bytes
SHA-256: e44a1ec5e7dd6360440a5d9a70d91dbe671f5c7903fc27d8fafe2339dc0d1f6e
font_02_sfnt_off0002a0e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2A0E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1