Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 573dadee85498d7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 14:18:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 636c207eceea0dd248d9b4c2bd799810 SHA-1: 876e25f2d1977df010aedca37169fdfd39098b8f SHA-256: 573dadee85498d7d4a2293c4305c36b2827371e67eda9ca864cac3f8a528a310
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or social engineering attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://roofmed.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5bf96a5483---maxuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://presstone.hu/userfiles/file/vasiwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r8bhp48f41f5vc2in8l191vcbh/jijusun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c01ef6a6247---48771683769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a52581d8c43d53fc4f0d97233d1b1f4/86096734887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84a9d481e31f0c8d957949d332395e42/29249538673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bb82679785d5c9b38bd639987ae3103/67222795132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.com/users//file/vagofuroti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/93553052591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/44535205388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/navakowuxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/25898510729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983d7a27fd0---12244423729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba71c9054535e15adcb0bc4d58240d63/66651837962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcus-1.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210609_47F5F4DA82D6829B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991f12743f3---bekutefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7sndvmr1n3vvntraqg8hvfgd4/xotivuzuzodisarudugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cybernet.asia/UserFiles/File/verajukalotipim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1irshbgehcg8a880op0qjr9ci5/5678620313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/puxelugozewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a03d331ed9a---87581763370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ccf924f9fc625a7fa358980f834ce73/4379161366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fe5d2ea34---bidilebetepijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=ncert+class+7+science+chapter+3+exercise+solutionsPDF 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_off0000fac3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAC3 17016 bytes
SHA-256: 1a5a35f2fd2c0b61043a2d4d36bc9774cb118952d737b29b4c0f676c79079633
font_01_sfnt_off00012740.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12740 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013f57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F57 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 3dcf146e44bd7c96ad30fc702c5ed9fb78083e492a86d57d30e47670a9684b0e