Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33b26327b7f2ee2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 17:58:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 402f1c92e099deae50bc73a1f6b3d5ac SHA-1: 2ae12b141cca3750fb4c609b7ac5f710e3aa1380 SHA-256: 33b26327b7f2ee2c6607b20ece46a84ff1d54682667956666e45b87b386f21ac
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded links are designed to redirect users to external sites, likely to download further payloads or harvest credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sample+college+recommendation+letter+from+family+member PDF link annotation
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eeb8da8930---bivubimojimumumigafuxeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b371a8e4675---22575489414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c016e6e374f0d402bdb278976aa6a13d/75289699381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastriklandsbf.se/UserFiles/files/57743058922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t597vq6is4hv7ptl1dbcom92pt/zubovevetajumanuses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uniontend.com/userfiles/files/31027295399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080251044a87---77702789836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarhuskortet.dk/images/file/toxozisewabapepedejofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b21f1e1baf8f5901bceb389e89c5be8f/59530220998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/95319057013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e03b257f7e---watigafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4tu49m0irsacnp857rnjqcac2o/rejurigesufavixupogiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210630060943_9oyjet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b01d140421---wajelulabevugojuxonapewiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d83a5e90f9---32564388768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceskylakros.cz/userfiles/file/bepivuwaguvibewokixaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgic.ru/!upload/files/gukekeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.haztartasigepszakuzlet.hu/pics/file/vewalamedijebozutigir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flirdining.com/uploads/files/kulexiterubumizuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee13e28beb9953f2e5febf5441be1a48/buvizokawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/80616703429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/92194211597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d8d903fa4e---36865700340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2dab41f957---zozodulob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/95904315673.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_off0001153d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1153D 17064 bytes
SHA-256: ff5a861a209aeb52fd40072fade47b56d07d3d3e9d663c3e2977af12d8d8703d
font_01_sfnt_off00014194.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14194 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000159ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159AB 11124 bytes
SHA-256: bee02e4f062a492d0eb48c028f06314bb5356deab990c43ec1bc224b7f6fba94