Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be934f3ccca56869…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 13:21:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: f958a0ee76f3ae580ac0ba53b5a0e165 SHA-1: 9cfd702365c698db2a8e656a0cdc43d6959347c4 SHA-256: be934f3ccca56869a641ef61d8f2e64523b33790691e1c49c8dfcf9e9b8091dc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=interference+of+polarized+light PDF link annotation
    • http://primebrokeragetx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zezumesuwipetewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.com/file/gabese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be1f93be94---nisip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1la7mi38108vcg7cn06lai35u/mujokanudenidifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afab369f549---ralutet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/53520790952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanruou.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/labuxadefojelawazabapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/519d99a39e3ffe6c7c5f5a113dba0dca/23462201595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075da288e8aa---99067395697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39ff0c5d234ae30f64acd57895891a61/gitetewitesidavekifux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/fotekuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb5a1db02c---48832559013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/mawazegenamomituwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/js01r4nm1jpmuj7cejse7fc0j2/68472344815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7336bc952fd175b1d7ca99d77582ea7/lagoziniseximaxamowuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/80159491311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/197fbd0b6362938e1a58f67c90f29451/59968411855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd2df10e5dd---6471284131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd57e000bdc5e2f751ce36416a0b0c7a/64217306760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d615d707a---94721465920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e36jri3gjj6qcnm1e2tlj54bc3/43180239136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszberles.hu/files/files/5399687624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0f5f23287---55589131153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a4ed7991b---beruninogalamijeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8vijglcj495pu5cl6c638ci31k/rapejezujus.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_off00013477.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13477 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 6a4bb4deb827958b47d69fe12ff118df33e6b1b5869a31d6d909d45a3a6b8a5d
font_01_sfnt_off00014ce1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000164f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x164F3 18180 bytes
SHA-256: b31a821690258457c5b66002e97457397926f275eddb59c67d7e68495f84d315