Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 990a6a4d9f98c9b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:26:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: f3565d799a17f194d04c43b7625f5384 SHA-1: 11180bdfd3d14fe09e0a6dea82f2eae9a3c75404 SHA-256: 990a6a4d9f98c9b0d528c60e4eb1bf146116e82d145bcaae940a9c1867318856
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains a high number of links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links indicates a likely initial access vector via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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 https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a80f0aac3524e27bb5ac7ab4a845cdc5/rugizixirod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yuhongzg.com/d/files/9992531404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vk9rlr510c8dspekp21o1rdu3/28565038017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/35145303614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9ba954a89---xaxasukosajazewuvupid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingenermarket.ru/userfiles/88551316588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080dc215ba0e---37180965992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/gozirufutagebinevupevet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b6eb92f12---22520349716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff29f93a5e---90051055946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607695e695479---74343741182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/riubq96jo7uqv4jlvj9r6pupb4/kutenutizufevikuvokenop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/58890765471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1fdb7e5ae172e093696ca4d01e047a3/23007818733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/xodonezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/235f6d933e12751b9098148a64c9e9c6/nesuxobajadevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/jupev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5207a6a28606d0ec7c18daf1c0c116d/421502891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f18586c52ded1cd5c3865a8c6187f71/62082275108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sb0gf05im4i7bamfu1eu9hu3m2/tisafupowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a224938b12d---jodamawazirajorudazuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/21795712165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gifarlcm.com/upfiles/editor/files/zemidasalefine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/vesupizivosikemefenino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=west+highland+white+breeders+near+mePDF 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_off00012600.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12600 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013e12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E12 16968 bytes
SHA-256: ccd0a1cfb8f9b8305b61268be550d3d050709ed219dd2131345109090380ab3d
font_02_sfnt_off000169b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169B2 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 37c7fe70efb6f00c01255993b43b39c976f75687748007ca876cc152f0cfa399

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