Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 588a3e23f67f81c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 00:55:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 8496ec03ba9f444616546e6f2963c3d0 SHA-1: 550085e385217807a2fa5de35d598faf7ece9f41 SHA-256: 588a3e23f67f81c2aa98e098dfa389b5ea50d6a33958958a30818abea5b32ac2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is part of a phishing campaign designed to trick users into downloading further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farms further supports this phishing lure attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+turn+off+chrome+blocking+downloads PDF link annotation
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b12c52a372d5add652cc343afa071f9e/risonagatekefunuvefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b50dfa8d95b---49034454943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/pivusepejenebotefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limeitec.com/upfiles/editor/files/28283494990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d6cac95754---57489930181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/299490dcf121162c350525cfdf9af797/39904352711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papianiarch.it/userfiles/files/zagijofizuroladamipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bbbf87862---69870662151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e08f661f3---51222195253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72413c69f056942d2bf23736fa44640f/65652081088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c569af47f3b---92934513293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/zoforidodofevat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608df86bd3edc---webof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/85701793071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ad0ae75efb554fec9e7a3a9146369d6/buguga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9580f13b7f---51884095506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abaf049851d---28516457896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d66ff633b13---97234785732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0399925fd4---loroledakeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/41500089853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ta88j0cioh5qtph56t1hv2hskm/lazopazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-25/20210625192650601442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e6e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fef6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEF6 16564 bytes
SHA-256: 00ae3d435ceb248e8ce5c6830e555662fe4955a49504e7ac65a92fa323110fbb
font_02_sfnt_off00012a38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A38 11332 bytes
SHA-256: d9de40210a24a29d74bf8a9b05531f0ee487f23a460f91ad7cd13efa107a21d8