Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5719b6973c0f25db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-21 21:17:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 5629b61042875e1cead7399a927b2472 SHA-1: 0f06600deb6797b3a59d5fa8885cb79f29036d2f SHA-256: 5719b6973c0f25dbb40b3f869d84aa0bc9a2646e48d150447464b3461a9f447a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and heuristic firings point to a malicious link distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867e0b37b7a---deretamatotajazavesepusut.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3c4d7b4324d0effe197d51f3389a018/lukipawurudumopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/nuwosal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/istrd1drtr9684shhegdre0356/xafarewovafidekapital.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/96888508630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f21bcf38b1ceb11341ea0e6eab3b1a9e/97704649589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/95816019879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u0df081v9u0fpevcjhc945hvh4/28882771483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfe7d32348---puzajel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eakqshop.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/72562058496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785c2e76b98---vewokabavawurutatozow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8r630lj0tfvv134695r16gpkph/dusimibumawugejon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0e1e52f65e---bidufuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b11kh5l.com/ckupload/files/wokovenasojiwamuvokof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2877557d093418a00e33234042c6396/52337058395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855a0fadfaa---24879166775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/24778479147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/936581bd7a829463b5fa4d2daf374497/7552223637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609257b556ecf---mikujidaxezenidefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb1765ab4b---44720429909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9b0e53137---rajusejezuwusodumoditu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c4467c7ae---18935589837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce9f655556---zazogof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=std+9+science+guidePDF 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_off0000ed01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED01 16808 bytes
SHA-256: 987ebffca18163792ebed3fb767373889c3207a87b12e5654f7f87584f58e2ca
font_01_sfnt_off0001188b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1188B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130A2 10460 bytes
SHA-256: ae95f131dca03fc3d0ecd9c693ff1d6d2e226658c3acf2ddba42a67e223c2d3b