Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bac06513af834056…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 07:51:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 0e88bd443853529cbe168afe74d2052e SHA-1: f07ce17b53ea2db5613b3a47fbe1436c9b276b26 SHA-256: bac06513af834056132f11a22470ca4c544a0a496698d8cc6ff81c436b26a866
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack by hosting these redirect links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=6+letter+words+containing+y PDF link annotation
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ceb970a5f---lufimovebagubovirasuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dffe1b135ddd904eb5f6cd6c22d8769/kokumupexib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dahchen.tw/userfiles/file/8336882135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/9924194890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b124c038d---jugutelixujaxowupiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup4.com/contents//files/60428366081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c727dbcafc4---14982303216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d8ca00fca54e45f3b2643694d4940ac/patimotojorevomojod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d714ade71---bimupadekowunise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06cfff0f3d4193f573445ae283fad98a/wolinow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/xixapujiponodesadojekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6cd89ddee---jekumexinopafapelawosog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethtikvahevents.ca/clients/2/20/20a91c0cb94b02964b0d1c5d980f1596/File/bowovim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf578a9f36c---lovokujite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgcaregiver.org/contents/files/fabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/sulojixexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomland.com/sites/bloomland.com/files/81046827761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081aff833e64---lisinowugup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076de137bebb---46560920324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prcvdv66sn5pgcfqdu7hhlcao3/6110451743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34a93640bdb07517b417699bf4fd0c27/4544939190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/43054299500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb9a22bd4ce---86481114011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chithanhplastics.com/uploads/userfiles/file/81008230191.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_off0000d244.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD244 16760 bytes
SHA-256: 203a7401abb90cfbf9d543a2098610f45f2dfbeae1edb61a1a9cdc4d14609043
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDC9 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 759ef7b938963c3275e21c47a4afca00facc51a7f373875b04a0343ebc4494ac
font_02_sfnt_off000116bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1