Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 379e995b753cb97c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 10:24:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 00938b09b84f005c3aca99a28372b1d2 SHA-1: 2182d40d0f8308394410278072bd0c0b39812624 SHA-256: 379e995b753cb97ccd671714489314e51490aba459bdb3ff30e9220a3f968044
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's part of a phishing campaign. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is designed to prompt the user to make a phone call, a common tactic in tech-support scams or callback phishing operations. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and heuristics point to a phishing lure.

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e12324903c---16993333222.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://famecosmica.it/file/29218673689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gstnbqf5fkvfd17bu9lid4bmqb/17709852823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd5a94d9863d47fc01acd9d8209ff59f/vawewepipolevibusiwela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a16d03672af---xomelibenudirajiwapadomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070364ee2d53---folanomigugepesud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bda75279d---39859904170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pekingtogo.com/uploads/files/66530042795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/58697593775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/27937428016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hb1004.com/userData/board/file/tasirefilul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a4d94c452---jososigapapikezajoporov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210609055832350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeb7976a6c276c91d1726a43f4fb2d18/80540960254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/65664166972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1683c31218---99753714766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/74304824228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticachemical.com/files/upload/files/12385639813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13730b6ec782803b26d41d2f2c6624cb/nolidabazoxewoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepainter.asia/upload/files/51633120527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e937529b7---mevawudapalufidiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39e97e4aab034bed7d4d1c421b1cbb25/91304935648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9ee31caa4---funutanupulaloluzela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didopack.com/files/32698371710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=anderson+county+mugshot+searchPDF 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_off0000d29c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD29C 17100 bytes
SHA-256: b692bb436a67319f648488ab8ec56b0c30a55f2dc9834da94953e455b69de650
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF97 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000117ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117AE 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 8987580c713ca58b564d9a8b7ea73675f3a37ad12014ce559659357ec1f64bdd