Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be1dfc87377fc35a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 00:38:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: c16fd417457cf69df710172bd12eda89 SHA-1: b100f6c647cb167dd249a6bd65af5caed1bc4a49 SHA-256: be1dfc87377fc35a9fadb103798ab662d787209daf6a1c4c5160f53833e85301
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to lure users into clicking malicious links, potentially leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wall+street+and+fdr+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/78303720323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ss22biv3jl8enj75n59togae64/67011549546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f015e1f8b094628d08b74c99f262a06/gomirixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e26206d2c---nisasadevugoxefawebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1uufgm5dn3qeoq8dj867phv4p/mixoxetameduwuzus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42ec8e76d8fc2aab4ffce5ff1c9b2071/bogidumevulaxivitose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival-bg.com/media/ckuploads/files/63192482148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d57c021dd65c406c7a5ce1b586f86364/xupegem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c69ddae141---28509893276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c45739c99---fugexewibepari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a07deb80e5bdcc3b13993cf79840c07b/18452875932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e5a13b1a50c22f77ca4277b942ff6aa/zevizebeluzix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://densayhongngoai.com/uploads/userfiles/file/18655324726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab67ee78fd4---gitixumasajosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4e01c1b5d05e4a3b1b0cee085720f1b/wepofojivite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d9ed0bd8fa---bipitoxafupir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e55713995a---rapozetezejekomirosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/86051297090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e11af0803---tosatosuxadox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apnorajasthan.net/userfiles/file/bijimupixizuninefowuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd711a8361816c6b35e9ac79ad5237e3/wimapojolate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/gixirurunosuvogogaxoj.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_off0001206d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1206D 18296 bytes
SHA-256: 8090c29532fd648fcdaa436a249c84b73036a8d0f1cf188535214fc14b21ef7a
font_01_sfnt_off00015091.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15091 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 65ca5a13db6db3dbe9d3c712b3f3b38bbe139693019918d45cdb8b11a55e318d
font_02_sfnt_off000167d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1