Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a5f1e9288525b2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:36:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: cdae4c6209a17b8b21e265c0c13bdd18 SHA-1: 5837fffbe8365e780c888ea1f058e3eebbc30a38 SHA-256: 7a5f1e9288525b2fd25be068af206a4a5f0c2d132dc88bc1fc85817aeef8f035
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The presence of JavaScript indicates potential for further exploitation or malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=family+bred+puppies+goshen+indiana PDF link annotation
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9f4174f2a228f52b7ce32eb07a728b4/dipisikolita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7a516737f---ruzosixegimiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c07563c61d5---72847854145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shreyaghoshal.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/powavupolewidixeroxipole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a62d56a251b---vukurewajexup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fpm58b2lfbho3kiu4l7m629orr/gizigilunik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wych123.com/upload/files/4113220159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0941a328df1ab3210986bdd657f32faa/gatiboduvofere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dac600d2be---sinojonetotikezofapavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608702b08557d---362245009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kbenm05k0frtrm1eh1sbd26p35/87311098637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghgmnht2b2qrauh5h04ie32cl6/19534848633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095621959f02---91723834981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g4vlfra9rdonse09vl5s473j90/54234081960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0f499172a5---sovuxonit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/vafewofomodebugogug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmsschoolkg.org/userfiles/file/mugume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01501b72a69dd112e2fe9853e1f9ec84/45497562539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympusflights.com/files/files/ladap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06d20beba9---48769063078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velocimapper.com//webfiles/file/85278163588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5f2c2ba67---17823521407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8bef232412---lufeseloxudejetar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/bupenorijilok.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_off0000f32c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF32C 11072 bytes
SHA-256: d305d319347d6cdfa93a04b0b8a5f1c9a4a9b05138c6ad423544a7ab7171913f
font_01_sfnt_off00010c46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C46 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012458.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12458 16716 bytes
SHA-256: b677101f4d99138cafd4e3a150f57f79e5a3ce428dbc3b0e3bd692bf0f26eb70