Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 689dac2225c1dd3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-07 02:21:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: c6a7c94c7bfca3c71c462508e8c83515 SHA-1: bd1e5fea59a39abf3ef08c0a75290e6ad600e9d3 SHA-256: 689dac2225c1dd3d9429ad5d7dfb8e15f81a80f3cfc8a6f8dcec3f389aa0e42d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites used for hosting the PDF itself. This suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users by redirecting them through a chain of links.

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://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608140309466a---54424926209.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/nasolokolokesinezemaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/gunatatatikasopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160977c64b2e64---xudotewurafevelupufek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/61954371715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c175a10482---32100045961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0046fd21327759be94581c9a8ac47771/lafupinudapozudawiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c612fca335e4333f46e0bddfd961c1ec/80541345901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigandtallking.com/userfiles/file/19262412413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/nesixifuveso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/sebagezoboxajulunobuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nappsa.org/userfiles/file/44885865529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b04f0743536---tilomabusajotiwunilav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9af89534d1f63238f0550b6eb125f5ba/66432055841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dd4059e240---12916829564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16082ef085f2ff---konodeluburora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f2f45d83f---pufuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reelproductionshd.com/userfiles/file/manoxefexunel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcmu43a5ee8gdqegp0qsmpcmif/navibogobasemoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/2179270762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/65745321299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aadb66311f6---dufewezixunonanobis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740716f25ab---58573447845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=bewitched+tabitha%27s+cranky+spellPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7fb4a89cf244413b14889faac541322/93565936864.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_off0000ef9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF9A 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 2f08682da69931d455fdbabf52515f04900b5cbface91292cb065a5d6521d5c2
font_01_sfnt_off00010910.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10910 16704 bytes
SHA-256: 5a6209fbeeb55864c22dbc0005b9b7a5b2cc2b89316aada0557788021c736062
font_02_sfnt_off00013410.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13410 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1