Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b52e840f5d0c3f76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 21:06:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 936a223c4fd744ea8f794d4a0e742807 SHA-1: 860bce9d8d08b73fd6a1347f6db74a9a9fb1412c SHA-256: b52e840f5d0c3f76b0899047fbb5d3a9f3f5432f1f247a9c53a7c0b8f19413ba
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload directories on various domains. These links likely serve as a lure for phishing or to host further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tttif67u0fp7u6j6obd65bhljk/xaposufofano.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0fd9533379---kodewug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8e5aca267cca09e3cd13b11ccfee304/25113923463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa49c843f7a13682a2b13a18efe5e0e4/nejekosasusajonugawowano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af846b6794---gewixedinaval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ds6td577sbu3ftdfqmt0cp1040/xorovulokulalibifaduwukiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5e9941180---96722338446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb71d20f8e---47515181545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd5402185a---28511772229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/fonewofuverezulogikakako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43da9a2e1db242e613d85d825b10e304/fuvunipozetepupifofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vfa5lp3knuf0a0tlgqvudn72r/bopigukoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/99014805535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd2198ff964b107689e29abd5bc14a56/tuxewofelosobefugetega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd2ac89e11e---xuwuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarkstownhs64.com/clients/2/25/255c49a504cbad61718694d8b78dfcdd/File/66969070886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdhsalumni.com/clients/28864/File/33585472320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elm3rad.comfile/79647532664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i8je4l11vjt064csp74krj0eod/bebugifufinelivegilufot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fad6330222575d222d81d0d86ecdb35/77407357665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9ad0711c23787fc6db1e8da322cc331/44978869564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/120986fad7137c3f1c1fd0da88859ec7/22654964186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31c6d2d3143574d8420dfd43322a0439/sumuvogifonopevazol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=nh+fire+tower+hikesPDF 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_off0000fafc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAFC 17728 bytes
SHA-256: 3c0f158e5426366f6a0fa04d79a182a777adb70e656c76fd47d81285f4efd27d
font_01_sfnt_off000129e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129E0 10152 bytes
SHA-256: 621e704005050d5e55dc827a2bbc9e535b1633b98cd0510e8e5701247c4a4ea7
font_02_sfnt_off000140d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1