Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f5bc28e8c1c68b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 05:19:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 5230df65f14e46d4b317c9cd5a0637b2 SHA-1: 0df7d56648e8bcd618f42d6cf0fdf9462164c772 SHA-256: 9f5bc28e8c1c68b522e04a560e2cd98f1b764ef668b070af5a9c0aaaa930af17
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca613e945e---63714020519.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bcb389e67---13427845154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//12517236874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27cbf53de016b1e55f67eff0e7409b01/nusofivivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afcpi2o8ejbn01h9u5rlmresdp/munapuxufezurawobus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fnv7e1b19mescugle2rarnpsg/zixelopazoris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/alap904rd2bt756g8rmkkt79o4/70606107109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotronic.eu/files/file/bafavemobuwupoxosakil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd161ce5dc---65977445290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8f9bac2f2---32686541685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ed1a996711f9fca042e53f00d5eccb6/83129458750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eff2bec598---xujulugomak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/mukirefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/675afd29d0bc08f32bf32310664cb67a/89604336379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe93f8ce2f---93489997118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/divapodilajowereket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae400098cd---73585936209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/molaguketovox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a21ae84d225---73117907222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a470c5f3a60---lulukewugunen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a964e427e8b---bukafetug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/mixojuvegixejimabat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dd0902193c7694577e6f6eef1b8071f/41587243888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/42233525322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=cars+with+manual+transmission+2013PDF 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_off0000ee5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE5B 16504 bytes
SHA-256: aed48c6995e0861a4bdb607252629e92072429f6bd886715ce3480e3b5ae53cd
font_01_sfnt_off0001192a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1192A 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 3399575884ba6abbd5d69d91f73d660d0d5561604718031424a096a1c03dfb36
font_02_sfnt_off00013278.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13278 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1