Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6a5c2ba377bab2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 14:24:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: e576ebefd153affcdf33333d74ddff6e SHA-1: 8c2ff5d21df4e59c417b0fde50382a0b2085e420 SHA-256: c6a5c2ba377bab2b6336668ead1d293c017edb25ec38a90ce544735531359364
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links. Several heuristics indicate that these links form a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for malware or phishing content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gen2ojhm6a3l34oderv9iqft23/bugilamuxedowibe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tischlerei-schlusche.de/sites/default/files/file/gasabetek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sg7rjjf95ceque6c9c45f7vin0/pozufenawulujibomusox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aae0bddd24---57036658627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyanite.tv/userfiles/file/daliparazekubaliramubup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtcclassof81.com/clients/0/0a/0a45bd3013a8cc77df817aa526a911b1/File/16064126928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ec0680ad0c83a0e4a7231175127a69c/deweriwinawemefob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765cb7e299e---93607549925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hsvqib7uphdg6rk0sflbdflg6/vuxufetoxatavuxofanaviwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f2e2b0c00---togapopokoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac421fb23d8---xoxivuzoruvigol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stattus.com/assets/file/diguboku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074884ba90da---16099403000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/14413838418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608061ab5ff35---73828097444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/werevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russia-ex.com/gamajomupatiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9adad4147448140a1eb1010287368023/peripupewofemobolisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43694644c7---netutikujavib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/91221732593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazebitebavud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=best+way+to+cook+bubble+and+squeakPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e94e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE94E 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 4db41d038d5605f57d72c8a27870b49be6af0a91332bf8c39d760281c373bf5f
font_01_sfnt_off0001029e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1029E 16544 bytes
SHA-256: db4ae61294b98903149326e2f433fef8791778e5448303ffaa9c46fef616cbd5
font_02_sfnt_off00012d61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1