Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 561a4d572dac820a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-07-05 17:54:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 242cfe339a60600ebfef0c69bff78f19 SHA-1: 33de538a2ffe5b6ef1cb1a215bd42859deaa8439 SHA-256: 561a4d572dac820af0d7d6c49e13836709974e766875e4bf647de247132a9c87
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to host and distribute malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.webplease.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mveifd6ogmm3obkk3edbmc3sk3/48146679162.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15d4c67303---92126569562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ixtvs.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/besorikokobigubolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a378fcf19bd---29289123699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc6979b739---vesipij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/toludelifulilaworatil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606df888c340a---vaxaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608babc79eb56---36415905592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/bofaluperopebifulof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhs1959reunion.com/clients/871764/File/74376150039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9586c95a80---rokopejak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superpart.com/files/gutepubixukexofubugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/xanotez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d9063ae52dc510fb4087f14a138766f/selofobabidadojudebet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ggmtc.net/userfiles/files/fufanowiwevaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ebcb7d871---farorenexubovulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160923be8c5140---solezimekikefabawometelos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blatt-gruen.ch/files/gifetetukov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71b24ddcea355ea117280937608d4563/82669770851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c41753d91b8---gewejupikanirafevitaziram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brightwayconsultancyservices.com/userfiles/file/xeloloxanetopikoboxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b23a408e05e---83560238107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/26821464297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160931c4d7bfbc---86268114338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=obsessed+with+self+improvementPDF 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_off0000faf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAF7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001130e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1130E 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 8e36045b7b00d1896b5c33cf5665510c80a0e796355afc9c67798b8e96d222e7
font_02_sfnt_off00012bf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BF3 16600 bytes
SHA-256: c3008ef0ecde4de7c53321da8539d698a61d4f3f67da9b79d5b0fe87815cd0c4