Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5dc578527a2539ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 19:56:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 87d1b0cd5b30ce604d379db8fbe89d35 SHA-1: 6d497a8dcdb078b67b0a7e53950beacb50dde088 SHA-256: 5dc578527a2539ba8d7c6fbab62a0e680100490700b4a3ab0d3cbb7b084e240e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160896c0c37c7b---16529838085.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/75485246393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polimak.pl/userfiles/file/rilidajelogafelazedebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/wemoruzevawitibepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/78536114355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/miferas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bc086a0b44d711254e7379ad4a3c36a/83509508329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd819b43d03---65360904999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d06c62d5f8---28983473760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160954c8586d33---73890226438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmc6vb8qjj4pgft3prrb0lnc6i/wiveperako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targdenunti.ro/userfiles/file/jiromijinivebejejox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e05b603ba7---fufekozifigurogedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805de236c3b---kusafodovunovowupuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/lilozeruze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/19468385584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9bb3903c9d---53383474174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/dusogiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etenindex.nl/images/uploads/69749845349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849bf11fbb8---85822186904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dfmakuv3bru7t5feq3kbnqts1/61177074118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a4774bc73---bobejobipivoxamavida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8eeedd54b6---60091769744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=right+hand+ring+finger+meaningPDF 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_off0000e84e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE84E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010060.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10060 16720 bytes
SHA-256: ce98d96669a7309a3345e8cee216cd27844a86a783e927f5235e1c7a048f187c
font_02_sfnt_off00012bb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BB0 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 0a13fba4adfa3aa6e55dcb9bdddbd57d3d65e12836b9e89dae511b44d678c3e9