Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71b690b9186a7a09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 10:44:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: c389b62633d6dc1c95b624b072c2be96 SHA-1: 641f5e18229ab4bf7a7023f70331a83fb65c62b5 SHA-256: 71b690b9186a7a09e9ecd6f331e92596e615f2489aac26c4a4e4c6fc9b4deaa7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, employing a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to delivering a trojan. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests a potential for embedded JavaScript or other exploit mechanisms to facilitate the download and execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcce5a30cd4---rirunekekejetasi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://slp61.com/clients/e/e2/e296dcecfd7d10ffef0cc83fef253c72/File/44117550274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pathakpharma.in/singhania/downloads/file/lorujodugupisexifuferad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/94200819376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f07e62055b---jiterolekeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealskinz.ru/files/file/76975221348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/837ac7a356d58b64faadc5bd9e203553/32501257307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhoffordphotography.com/temp/files/file/32678866450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/dawakorumusositaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/zemesurodutikar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/narnncdrnu8585ljct6bmslv53/fulilesunum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/79064463335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879ea5ace30---81530046448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/47128426488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giadinhlaurenso.org/upload/files/jofawafujaxodimevugaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesen-und-schenken.de/userfiles/files/75769945539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.info/contents//files/muroguguwifipirukorudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.net/userfiles/file/vikajejizodopiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05b5485349---847913576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703a090646e---dekodomimamubimuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e658307e0---12625871249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0313e2603de8f95fe1eff15b15ac3054/15163854439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609130e19bfc3---56399603722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da26ad25c1---88682734781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=if+not+for+you+frank+edwardsPDF 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_off0000c34c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC34C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB63 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 7845f6b763d4fe71077d62d775428f89b2d70d428f1b87b8299fbbba9ae3a039
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B2 17880 bytes
SHA-256: 39e7c1eba02dee9720748b8177923cc3e73462fde60ef117d36483edbc340723