Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b345428873435c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 21:48:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: c236b7c8bf7d5eead63427bdff81495d SHA-1: 9e91f51cd076627e0f674de9a986539b882ec06c SHA-256: 7b345428873435c395dd2241a6f2ee21e768732264f9a9af2032deee9e0bc534
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to initiate malicious actions. Heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9790

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://devcons.org/uploads/userfiles/files/50845311756.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848fecaef21---45762018909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fv3cqehvu3l4hhs73fj4t4fn5/giwita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/851551bacfce02c874b0f37fa2dc72e2/62269713948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b133a5c4b---xabozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanyachts.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/31133325228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laps.pl/userfiles/file/47444393791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sa7rls7ecj954nmqkjg7i9v923/rafug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5799166568bc387527c5235219fab9e3/tavogiwazatupivomamupeteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6a08bd9d9---jozawipapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ckpvfasr9ub58u8dmbba2o2221/17031209556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3807641307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balogmihaly.hu/UserFiles/file/33111145481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caramelitos.sk/files/13984471269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb262bbe98---88113544955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohffvvhml1qc2727j2j9m1su2g/lereratuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/45737913315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce59543e174---86303428052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/pigor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/22986969152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca546fe9453abbc4ee5cd111536146e6/6450583543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a7a9c4924583a585563406fafecc489/zomij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6379aca8bd---28112578864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160903ce4504c6---68289077489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inncredel.com/uploads/85886096446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76091311614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=sick+people+meaningPDF 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_off00013087.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13087 17496 bytes
SHA-256: 46954710044e8f1308acade555a34c6d2a1f721f2c649c247c2e6ecd0b028db2
font_01_sfnt_off00015e19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E19 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 5629b9e1c280bc7299b339a6a6b569c9a1e5cec8e7bef44a3d0f80c753e5a398
font_02_sfnt_off00017601.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17601 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1