Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ade84187e60018bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

129.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 18:27:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 3725164641806cc33fc70416bbd7593d SHA-1: 11f2018d347c6999e9033afdf5c080c8c10fd762 SHA-256: ade84187e60018bf0344c2526a1b20fd56d038fc298a245d15c7829b4e6af294
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or scam campaign. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number under the guise of a billing, refund, or security issue. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of many external links and the callback lure strongly suggest a phishing or social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=objects+start+with+letter+h PDF link annotation
    • http://jmdfhjl.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/91838772100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/nijiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2gfndm4hia6nb9jmppmb39rp5/85012801432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58e79fb4f56bcea83149b6b6c71858d6/jugezawowevatixigenajuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/todot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents//files/nipekipunomenigedadawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9b785fd2ad66aa338aeedb4f2e5dbfb/daxajatopivavazogov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e33cd33a9---91916712364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43752d92b2---jiziwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/99195933799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everettsbarbque.com/clients/b/b0/b0b566c85bab127526a414587b81487f/File/80345714777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1877026fc---23384136047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/pulanerijimerekegina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaowei.tw/image/files/20210526_182351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab39f709704---40275214133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8950823202---gunurowazopigat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutergroup.de/userfiles/file/33502334591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2688e49b3d670b2f97aba2dc1b6bd4ea/94217685713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/44535045643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crediramasrl.it/public/file/15947202081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60a9mj8vcmef9ptpsldv0c7ied/64987024111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c6d7307e6---razimesemaxenodegalafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00019ceb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19CEB 17096 bytes
SHA-256: dc646122d092480c00909fc712f385c1ed8aa6ca7bc7606aa024601c8837cff9
font_01_sfnt_off0001c91a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C91A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001e131.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E131 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 9c2f6c1b7a6856732021e3cc4f6eca0c9ef6f540a8aff6c89863e21e0cd4b2f2