Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25bb980e31768f1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 06:28:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: d2dab57f2105d73bea68bfe56ac8440a SHA-1: c3bc14b28166f1c371725aaf2f3d2035571a01bf SHA-256: 25bb980e31768f1e31f8cd9d1dcb09c60f500c6392be81a833cc2dada5335430
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious external sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bd88f63812d91d5785d4c47063f7eff/23016584004.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1482d8402465701903c9b1fc1113a26f/55923441696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5e9a05d2d---51602810193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/26708109413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f109d34384---kaparusomidelira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usateatop.com/_upload/files/15964236560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a444ca223fe170942d01190c314eb54b/47435787143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7185667c872ccf33420d1e6ef9931cad/jebotigubifiwadarifoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094525668dcf---najonulolipevumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bba06d49b8a0e64e0f7eac2c6d0ea237/jonadudobizemoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/likarituvekovamosanutef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/baxigijenafetowuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b970c9dd88e---91638221460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/fafopawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b7e17213e---81689243523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdaddc6423---97433199695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078fbd8adf63---67962538363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707999905f2---xibofajupefamif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/29335557069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210617_035622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608759ed26b55---40974754383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/zowip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27630822763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=word+formation+advanced+exercises+pdfPDF 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_off0000c177.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC177 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 549f27c3132bc12b30ac555be83f5372e57ca241ef7d3403581ccec2f11ed156
font_01_sfnt_off0000dab3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAB3 16348 bytes
SHA-256: 2759ac5d094e6dd9ec682271b2b093782c773fd38f96578ac4e0174d796db672
font_02_sfnt_off00010557.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10557 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1