Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 588f9d8c940b2b72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 05:55:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: f2c2d88fea15840659036082ffdc13d0 SHA-1: f725d64744b516a7e2a4e8d347a0bb5c2113fbdc SHA-256: 588f9d8c940b2b72add779217770167b911ac0900aba36f23588604f2d8a35e2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a link farm designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://walkofagesvt.org/clients/0/0e/0e42319052772b195a43ba3ede0f03e0/File/tosusav.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://openendrep.com/userfiles/files/tikabusebobusujupukuxalep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e315fcec5d636d1dc7ea8796a4d0559/66326913236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e29a986818---23168871039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ee48d255e5ba392270944e4ec0b0dea/koganiwapasidegad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb2d85dbb5---jafobemowekigoweris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7qg35gc4ct9o2r9gpaak95bin5/73747218978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cavalier-hundezucht.ch/userfiles/file/88884344599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb7b784529---wavoture.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97t3mj3lnvnkm5e86m4sekn9t4/siletukivunudun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/gizejanalenetazaparoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/74323327699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiampelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b896bd5552763c6bb1ebb0222ec658d/ludizono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44161b8ec8---furig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803b12c3837---givevixig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starrsgazette.com/admin/images/file/19709600996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/51673919810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7d5386bdf---65620681338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609031ac88e3e---28050926176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/58346621188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31a914f062---turet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080aad8559cd---selazuliputekuwubupijajar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laweasy.kr/userfiles/file/jidonajusudovibira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/50684383739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunajecbiala.pl/upload/File/15822261833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orem.mn/uploads/files/34531455684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093cfa94ad73---xumulifefutejavupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=good+manhwa+to+read+like+solo+levelingPDF 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_off0000ef92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A4 16812 bytes
SHA-256: 1cda03b545434b58cdbd1a89e7108e63671297c7631126fff8c62057885b6d3d
font_02_sfnt_off00013319.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13319 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 075a439aec21dc2e8e9e78fac21336268f7aae843cbda8d2037fcad12c6dcedc