Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e04b2b0ea1bfde8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-09 13:12:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: aa7120126af862750f82fdd351909849 SHA-1: 40064f4d970fdea8de892f9bf4ded61c77dc689e SHA-256: 5e04b2b0ea1bfde87bd24d25edc3ed6214fc40adf477861d832315ae3bcb8cfa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=air+force+abbreviation+for+lieutenant+colonel PDF link annotation
    • https://adasms.fr/userfiles/file/71057640965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc00c721352---pifuzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16099c526b054c---840790658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3mmhdiek28pckknt2ejhi0jb9/88203219197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.net/userfiles/file/5835091568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coil.hk/upload/files/51610327433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fc91fb8a2c0acca5e045d9863d99e85/debibebikozunojek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderjamesbackcatalogue.com/userfiles/file/17858415385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d790ca19868cb1b02698c977a83d73c/zevetexosipezujulasodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akemi.ro/hirek/file/99557739239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cd4e93a6a---72123270081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b059dd82486---wopesozenumiwovot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838c855f249---pelezumavagurofopanatus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc7b44423da---vosijawozaratepukatar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88913d1ad00fe3ead859d202fc2a6e40/4852015425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envisystem.com/upload/userfile/files/geloxojogilebomawomuneze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigdoughpizza.com/uploads/files/22764776765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/48868171954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50798339675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwva.com/uploads/files/16072368722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.net/userfiles/file/movewux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/nixenofuriwoxekezuzom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb4c0ce034b---4926463488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koratspring.com/upload/file/63572383826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbelleepoque.bg/userfiles/file/xegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da48bf0f4e7c4572ff5d5a34b5c8be59/12117428301.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_off0000eee2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE2 10448 bytes
SHA-256: bae83d4bdb547486b96f0b5aeb360aeb5d059cd9582e2a93f332652e930ccd1b
font_01_sfnt_off000106bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106BB 16612 bytes
SHA-256: 34456a0c1b6b5fdd1fe9593bb520dd333bb2262b620e181e94c1ad99732820a2
font_02_sfnt_off000131f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1