Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6e4aabd5823f28f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:08:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 5fa13108b22c36eed82a8df308960e5e SHA-1: 2138630d5a853dcfd9ed28b203561b68622788f6 SHA-256: c6e4aabd5823f28f7177d136f3256e35b9a30c270c316fc0bcc46685e5c5c5c0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=croom+topology+solution PDF link annotation
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57521241523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/sogapakavolamajomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f37e9048b165e06a456bec1fb27628ca/53369885211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4e8505e03---gufazumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23898743ab46c65c71b36dad7d699fdf/pijanijumuzogegediget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/06/06/pimadenamizotomovim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608076d52f501---botogiwobotubeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7590b85d390f5ad7e07a42c03de66d8e/lewajubobujusorox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/sepojon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52f970fec8399088196461124b56ab39/nimaverujum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e12c9f9981efdb656cfcf2ba537ee90/42558144822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1a447502b---11671986292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/82639940443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hfh1slju9gccos5inrpf66g04s/tikifef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neonatal-surgery.ru/userfiles/files/povoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e18c49742087921d5bab2989dc05cfca/95165484202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093aa1bae810---gipesovosuvegetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51360255710ff242f223dac243ad60fb/18803925484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d4f71f3c8---sirevomulipokoremodalap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021043010483155.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_off0000ec36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC36 17972 bytes
SHA-256: 3a5a01b204a3cc271d799cafed990565058241375164228bd40244ff2ab7324b
font_01_sfnt_off00011b89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133A0 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 5d198ad63094d67425e3bbeb41fbde37f5fc36f0100eb14ef86c7293f3033446