Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1b3c2619be2f8fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 16:37:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: a285e423e775673bb58d2101b231659b SHA-1: c6fcc93b8664adcfb748fd5dee30af8f0f43efb5 SHA-256: a1b3c2619be2f8fbc42d5fe70024a6c8952d9bca038423b1d5ba20b544efaa64
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms points towards an attempt to exploit user trust through indirect redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/85606634590.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/82033821447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c11432e13d2---9407042260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21fec8e551---mizojumipipevubon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0s7vdn4jsabp781ujevdnuvip6/ropigigexezijotobur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210617111150163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/virerogenejesogim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c599479be6c---judoxudonoxobunawiragimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5ba8db7a6013a2e257964cc314a92ec/xunukefeves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/80603821169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0m41ccctmdp18502vpv6ff9vc4/16732604280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a382dbfeca76ad3409e6698ab59a69db/ginujulizojus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606de46ce390b---kamapefawubaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haltia.mx/sii/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kavatogenuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05650b37ca1f79385b27fdb3a7c24baf/midajopoteligidore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9b43421b9d66a780d46e03b71afebd2/15124394360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a816c23319---68976799520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb92584e179---20914466575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e98f64b30---34982335512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc9b40ab5d---49277161285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/rijilowebozagekifixew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/gizuzozojapezoketu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff56a72839e1ff4d02861bbad4731b24/zusigifew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=powdered+sugar+replacementPDF 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_off0000ee5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE5A 18088 bytes
SHA-256: 3f3367bfe75fe883b9bd635d3ac2d4fa721e7ad3fa64abecd0ac70f9a7536b83
font_01_sfnt_off00011de7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000135fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135FE 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 1d39e0a6f1d463caed821d38e7597cf8640d81a849b216190e0aaf1bc3334de1