Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abe6eb8ea7e77252…

MALICIOUS

PDF

133.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 03:16:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 9b2f5513a2e7ee79cddbb5ad667a01c2 SHA-1: 19ec292c28fda593152cd865fc5a847b3a42071b SHA-256: abe6eb8ea7e77252f0e5b8bf7b4afa8d7583ad0a02c26ae601e0cab19258abf9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are used to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a19f31d488---wonolexipaforuve.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ulv-fogger.es/d/files/sakolovugepugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7622f3cc847a796dff2cff883859dcf3/mobemabodupigonixob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/28218165981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog//file/femiguxubud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d3c90ffee0c54c7db4146ec6f4a59a9/pafezosuparudumopelojaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hausbootgeiseltalsee.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4kmp50p8fk13vojab48m312vu9/20725615870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c6eed3469---52688611640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihanoi.net/uploads/files/loseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af47688c86ac13edc0055f5bbff0fedf/vulevufebolufivexuxiwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piligowozabezuxewapojiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609473e69cac6---lojutubewinunoxojapafoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083089767c21---69721970133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/376bed10c08118c1efeb897cca0fd414/98197926817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03d3dhhp6q94ni6l8ho3l0t42c/fijuvojup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12aa441eb3---15902638720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772d719e12d---93676257758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b29b1e82e0---13099300931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853b1b9403f---fabinad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dhdsfkpjqrnmfj3jd03rd7hel4/besop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bu043o30dqrb6bd7o5n41nvkg/mudexuzasasodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846344f0982---bulegotejilamabitezaxofej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0mmsan0ffp2duf40dhmgi6fh2/mumesiganoxavumevep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d35f512aa---17115493257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staropolski.net/Upload/file/44795052878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=the+initiation+pdfPDF 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_off0001a714.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A714 10244 bytes
SHA-256: 4d3ced81f8736aa498d304acc05b5f05adab0e6d4224c14ae8a93ec6577c1630
font_01_sfnt_off0001bdff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BDFF 19128 bytes
SHA-256: 2f8f21a856b29526accab9bf3a49e5bbe56deeef2bd7d87bb6ceba35a016c586
font_02_sfnt_off0001f03f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F03F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1