Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37eec0d0752f6f17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 03:42:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 3e516e7b758065d25c2e2e95b80b2abf SHA-1: 7fe42e90cd4a8281b3a1c900b79ab8de7dee9ae1 SHA-256: 37eec0d0752f6f170f5c8d5ba999a343f1ee9c84bc29614cd335fabe85cfbe5b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/pobavijixe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aef931ecc04---17791793023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/92367028613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/68714229234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahattinburyan.com/userfiles/file/68137914787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05b520b15e---63413129598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/60260348657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobigoni.it/userfiles/files/21977574931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29ee0e3e9eb6119dddeda6ad228a69d4/44152377035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947cc1ca739---64579743739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab2f5f76a66---28956379051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26384e5dc86469208e0d90ec84d8c948/gegixogarevekigikokuvozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chaletsuenodesol.de/files/14591166889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b27701cf212---36524677864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4fdfabcbd---62630758675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranhtreo.com/images/ckeditor/files/14065578410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/migonusawixulaxekasiwujin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e213caca35cddb0ccfbd8ba841cc3fc/62184282782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ead6154d07---71084448222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl1971.com/clients/5/51/517263f0417f9379c67e6eba0e0bdfe8/File/kobupow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777288961ff---92381657687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7487but6hfrb9j0l100264hjn5/gapologixofowodavovib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92a7a76e851e1bce6054252c713855a0/30655433601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+manual+and+motorized+treadmillPDF 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_off00011188.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11188 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 5aab20c66ce4c87429f43c561bac933733555f889753ffa287e0c7b7d2d571a9
font_01_sfnt_off00012aa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AA9 17384 bytes
SHA-256: ee003600d5b3201e154c5bc42ce0342e6ee9bf86b57f98b5e5804e0a10d509aa
font_02_sfnt_off0001581e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1581E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1