Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1fc880a0af28143…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 12:03:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 6f9986df9b7a10ba455976cb6a460fb7 SHA-1: f28b4712adbac41dc1c73c96170956ab98f78698 SHA-256: b1fc880a0af28143538d9103c4c8fc6745cd42fd5b6d14cdffef20f641ec0f93
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on WordPress installations. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing or tech-support scam context. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9800

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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=survey+of+accounting+3rd+edition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d04f422d5---gexunokifisililiviguro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/73448215823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1bc013ed35---94649348882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/nukomanabipoguda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2gdjsuai5rhtemfoq66r9av3e1/35291389001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d70da23531---40786549603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5q7uno2tftc2cj2ga3ojle26j6/28108331699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/19106968764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a251bb604da---24936363855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c51a3db81b---gonukebafij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51fb0ed966c84355f4fe25bf22bc1d9a/82977275662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://embassyinvietnam.com/webroot/img/files/71827399761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/059830b553f32c67387ae57ddb323482/10492610282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpdw.pl/userfiles/file/32649718437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercy-grand.ru/files/file/teguwaledax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607798f052e69---74099151252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cupta.org/userfiles/files/20210530003539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608185a49b01d---nigajogudif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3f59b067d---22627061437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulaikhatextile.com/userfiles/files/zinexizepoluburimarenave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abc47c76b5c0348c404779a4c5bb057b/kifedabinetirelowulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7be63b331b---pifuvebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51a9a885575936c226c44f4a4ee9f836/40064083169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b266ce9b379---55842435293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcda8aaaed0a41c150b55151e27679d3/fejezisamivuzonapasawabas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750e558ca7e---dajipirigelujo.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_off00011bdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BDD 17908 bytes
SHA-256: 61d803700eb07b734010db43b6d54265d031ba2eb738ea7b337aba429c9ff06b
font_01_sfnt_off00014afc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016313.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16313 11108 bytes
SHA-256: d22d57280c2734e9bd471117728a22b293eafcbb774be071e98b37131ebdb5cb