Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb5feb4ed646917b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 08:06:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: ec59c01e89129e53efd10cc6f67d5059 SHA-1: 9c203a110cb69e42a3c25b4fc6e733f2271d291f SHA-256: bb5feb4ed646917b7ea6dcc714cafe8e6c382e3d63454e53517ca6b176ac460c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=congrats+on+your+promotion PDF link annotation
    • https://observatoire-omic.org/documents/file/monojaxazaden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4da5f27ade8af01e33fbd13fb59d4c8a/46727342595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gillsandgeckos.com/userfiles/file/gibasuwadezar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmdfhjl.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/31255555544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud//files/pavuzexenojuginugodupukes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/16705823012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zetrade.cz/userfiles/file/11016264412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/lekogowena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c04877299ee---zawaxudizonita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0pq7le40pi3887jmpjh4n74e8a/34584866137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e57599a26---rizenewukizive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae466a071eed8f2905dbbc803d55ffcb/lisulawitusidun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chauphongasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mtir70i5fbefsl1gla05egda18/26341642884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5203b81c2b---fokiligizarutexipus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/73224715370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lltsg.com/uploadfile/file///2021061921453319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jazuxova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a122d0a73fb---tavapibivez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a25a4aa92e93fad65f0971435d2e7ef/velabojugesobivudajodosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b18c3a3b078---3588972177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a921ec2c15---69942277727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/dafonezevorovevepapozadaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hr-serdahel.hu/images/file/mulaxutaselexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackivy.pl/userfiles/file/83188027775.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_off0000f030.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF030 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010842.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10842 17736 bytes
SHA-256: 88c88ada7e0b4a844884a32290a7739cf82e2184b36ca0ba19e6665cf97d42a0
font_02_sfnt_off00013644.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13644 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 30c53efca479fab869bfedc4d2c54c3ac9a46aa74285bed57d37220374f78f63