Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f196a66f9868312…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-06 13:47:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 0ec85a77518ff9208e4af5f866c17c77 SHA-1: a8ce50c92a2f98b9fc5a983259485a6069ac551e SHA-256: 5f196a66f98683125895a0696127507c65b3afe0f4f4f352611c8689ea0df6f4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is designed to lure users into downloading a secondary malicious file. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of external links to potentially malicious files is a significant indicator of an attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/74286435216.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/debcbba709a5dd17cd885a626bf5de0c/favaxedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebc83cde3c804a197d259ce90a3a8193/gubow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/63301759471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd029ec9ab493de6d4c672cd9101b503/77010669691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mollis.rs//files/gakesisof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoracing.hu/userfiles/file/nujarafofuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29cbe0fcb5b6c859e1b17ef2af7f728e/89236353653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd308aa5b88---4765293310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870ab51e3da---fobawapulaleme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luvnchrlysenglishtoys.com/clients/861429/File/xufexavumipala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723a45663fe---44588014902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29f71a315162b4cc21fc2d3530ae61ad/najewobumebubisevevuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/pibetegamomebebujavijosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/wuropux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e33c41c62a---bevusubowezikev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3893a351ef---jifatajetepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccbd42d0577---54009134300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3dae3f60a---99011797473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b7fa29807---zujajevoxonisenavaruwokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noventa.cz/media/files/file/19963204912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859d76722c3---dazodan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d86ba7cfe13a60813f12507e2fe2556/lelakire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=in+a+rushPDF 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_off0000f550.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF550 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D66 9768 bytes
SHA-256: a3d071e25b740f382e71c8bc6cc6881f2f0aac9c86a933c73583baffeb017a29
font_02_sfnt_off00012295.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12295 18532 bytes
SHA-256: 1b044a838783223e094119fa66afe0df10d0c04c9286bfebfbed6612a3d36a2c