Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb9562a87f81e723…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-05-27 20:47:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: cd1a17c461d865c057c72ba900280f42 SHA-1: 2b78a43202a9f4d477332e2936b1f3505e77b070 SHA-256: bb9562a87f81e723a488d85d397b1148b429b6de4183f7dbbf8f38fe51d45b3f
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8751

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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 http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9p833qp9s8f6uc2uvcfn97qu12/mitesavanosige.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2egtr8tj7r5rucd2o2m1dckvp/zajedajijugegelil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/metakafogujajano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cec1fbcbed---besapemexegafovute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da0f7247b7---xoparefadikusaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/61061028482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/loxolokikapajilinobop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c40e6a60b---51732730845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexrocksrollovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nn18ebsvp9kaniordscvobi189/papukovawamasivikufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc31977e6c---48856296739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b22a7fb2add66e1778ff6ef2f1f857b/64612249699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f858de8dc7---gerujuvemusakuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/135df70ab823d171a52c1c265e92c3b5/xotosas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ae20b929a---7351062058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1nrqb2is1uohh25u7vffofik6/68402897560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f24e5b4d74bca484c1ea175736b3c75d/2352445842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/39035661365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fce4976860---tojobegusaguvijefoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+how+to+make+lifeinvader+stock+go+upPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00013e68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E68 5824 bytes
SHA-256: e81b764a30af7623fbaac7f671b015354c087687c0393ce07866841be778502d
font_01_sfnt_off0001523d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1523D 11828 bytes
SHA-256: cfba10b0ee1cf81726c6829c253fb7de69b116d5e7e30ec8cc416fe1352c051b