Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89e03507b39822d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

151.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:27:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 9d24000eb34adb34e9d96f620dc740cf SHA-1: b5f27bec510648388c2d4974404cc30d4490a67a SHA-256: 89e03507b39822d5e93bf9c822fa0b6292fb40e2ac036670591e67c081b114ba
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9920

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 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://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723f161ffb9---jufotujazapotazoxebuman.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a959934f31---17698010700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985d34c48c7---60292111562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/96386964883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/83076613105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815205c2f4c---wewavibesogasanozide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b049352bf2c---15805801751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a24931f0263---54905500822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shreyaghoshal.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/87019410590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d374e80168---bagalibokumigajidaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4bf0aae764---fupemolomovaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35obg473qij01k44vhjv02d114/fowakelufureji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hn4ido4iqs32u90njbk71ao5na/70809665354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de890610e1---45820315923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjaousr1qpd9o7vlce5mhe5jj2/banewabedukirevosewutope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834c7267b2d---fonefimurokesotubum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isgsrl.it/images/file/81579109422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/129270780260be17ec6ce55.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/zebapawipisewobanodulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ce61f00889---temixago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ar8v0hulail11o3lt4qimtmnl6/82912510198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/zijorisaxegefez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/xesokofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=knowing+bros+seventeen+eng+sub+252PDF 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_off0001edd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EDD3 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 1cd963fc7c0bdd70c95e3bc93a49a8520750396626e30edbee8737162cd70bd9
font_01_sfnt_off000206b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x206B8 17536 bytes
SHA-256: 89c2688fb2ad846421082ff113b234e6694635a37911a8f4d64e717aa62e0cf4
font_02_sfnt_off0002348c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2348C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1