Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59b425406b4b9ac1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 00:20:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: f9308428e9505bed8dd41991f6f124f3 SHA-1: 5ee64145c0ebd3988a761fac77a3ec98b7bb7fec SHA-256: 59b425406b4b9ac15ca8392a27d852af4844aee7af916c64b6bd033e46c26b47
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+1+super+tank+rumble PDF link annotation
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de44ae9a75---dagupazodagetizipesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607995ca1bb63---36995780170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioprogettoarchitettura.eu/userfiles/files/35201409697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbc6a0ca38---noxupuwalimatuvik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dab4ef9309b---79994995037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/roxupiwazomap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pspectr.ru/userfiles/file/5855879065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c87333cffc732158d4cec92eff51ba1/70272993486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/sodepovovuxura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608530d9bb958---90559082199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/63999235108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0627c9ea75---46467661049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/73964719207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac17523451---pafurejuzax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b508bf3a32a---nawudenapedug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58c11fb4489df48b8da2a86467b90e6c/pimiwadibatajurusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/renowibenirido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/kujidubijovafelowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/38084304044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jbolvbc8fi4evir9adn8ct92md/71464665093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a8b167399---suxuruxifirokelasuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/xexakofegimipodezatatido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7437b6875cf3da26f24a074d113e255c/fotutoxawidalatafurukokon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9b64a2eb94eea59147dcb222858593b/sutub.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_off0000e6ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6AE 23952 bytes
SHA-256: a91f170fedd60a32ef4652778f2705322f48dc54742a0b4c89136cb4add07ef8
font_01_sfnt_off0001213c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013953.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13953 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 0694ce0362b1fc0c4a2789ae15c122fe5c986431a9ccb5b6ad22cefca5f4d6f3