Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c5386f483f1b0d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 09:42:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 55cad939f853af6a5a10caa66d0edbd4 SHA-1: 2e6a8809f76986357be603bb0adf863f8d7ec9a2 SHA-256: 2c5386f483f1b0d8d2848a40b6b622b23723d3813c7af0fae88cce53ab7eee87
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload sites and other disposable hosting domains. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=uncle+ice+paid+in+full', likely serve as lures for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=uncle+ice+paid+in+full PDF link annotation
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/35407420529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biblioteka-koneck.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nevizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e71107951---renajapulirabapim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0055c5b91---46985840061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1a2f560b1e---volujotetofurexupezativ.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc98979bc74---62004240565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://p87.hu/files/38983867241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/34066840063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edgecs.net/documents/jibofosawezozow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7810861bd0bb573c24612a7328ee63f1/33050404869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080eefdf10c6---14437578531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/34465034847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70909b26d00442643045e75ed27c25f6/zepeginigojozepefezigopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608494cb235f4---99070285063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9eef3246c---71026044246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749f4e748da---96193270133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2681fmalov9jdi88150b9schu0/xoxalurutetizizupek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghedanang.com/media/ftp/file/67266693122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/82659912179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bdc42d6373---4412368921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa7a70c6a21---pajowirolakukusafiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d1431eb41---27494639012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dcb5913991d83e9ce8d563eb19813cb/54904146850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdemlerkoleji.com/resimler/files/tifolelurefevonof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc0139f4b4---50476059174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a122a281535---xoluwifitefuvulos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rbsmchmtutslktauosq5jj6mha/31294372180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blugarden.eu/file/36036709938.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_off0000f48a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ca1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA1 10232 bytes
SHA-256: cd2b9cb715f478da1ed66d51409c886cb18ea233f594b554bb8224561f6642ed
font_02_sfnt_off000123a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A2 17612 bytes
SHA-256: 4711078fe3726d49b4ad0f04e5f788aa6373ecfcb4dc0a2f50ef3b5d5145050d