Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28ade0c344528d66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:04:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: f508937066bdc6f62492174783218810 SHA-1: c69b30ec52e98e714de9d1d4919b383031a169a9 SHA-256: 28ade0c344528d6641a1daea7e2edb78ebef6fb46d72d395c9f67593cb01d646
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the link farm and the detection results point towards a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=good+morning+images+with+beautiful+birds PDF link annotation
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fpr36c1bgcgdm6m6k4eo708tm/77079832995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f5777bf76---dizuwenovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/pafazivatutenavitewaxapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/bulozuzosozafopojatoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b07c9eef8---82300808954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a5c197523c---87195150301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kkpump.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210618_CC4A77F6877D337F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5mcuejfqgjr103fltd919dp20/pepim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b6360c3f1---19796386441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607100f5017b2---gamenogafuwujofaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210604135807_46112452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5fcf7d9d7efe10828173188dc522999/jutusemifawaxoruxidezewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfce0c47bc---jiwosezutalasipenetezifus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kogan-photo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dd03138da4947d09b95fa7084a9aaaf/rivodakojugojanisusisidet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamotato.ro/userfiles/file/konepinolovopetinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8dca1a87b---zowivavefejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b2f383e74---dibotogasulenozawareve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9afc56a1a89deafd64ce8d6ddc49a6bc/xirik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883a79a3e8a---82907212290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0956ee0943---lejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769ea4ac0c6---dajamosopido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2cae6eb8b4---7349412582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cogersquest.com/clients/f/f6/f6194b381802d71b6842d6160e8859b1/File/84889244498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a21f3a0e219---62076461031.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_off0000d788.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD788 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF9F 11168 bytes
SHA-256: 7deb0afbf1fd64855578b53613cf7b511e9df81e9de8dc4316d9ad1ff17254b8
font_02_sfnt_off0001095a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1095A 16512 bytes
SHA-256: c67258a72a7d58e29f2c34c50a38162416e403d0b9a6cdbb3ae7dd0556bb67a7