Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce4935c27471be6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 21:59:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: de7f38a8764a1b0cf5b1aed31b5572b4 SHA-1: f060ff8c1100583d4b0a8bdb10014a0f4fbb8043 SHA-256: ce4935c27471be6cf48118b40b6e5e9134f784a0fb7c7126aa50e194f3634775
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of JavaScript suggests it may be used to obfuscate the links or perform further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=using+that+as+a+subordinating+conjunction PDF link annotation
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/gitefibek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a934232aeb6605b5faaf0907fe50c7db/85052660300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/22722113627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088cfd10ea39.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/dabosozatuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotronic.eu/files/file/793659879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/vumakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609edabd56531---89598915751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/73074126371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gannat-ltd.com/userfiles/file/guliganabimujijokasuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a2feba7df---negowopajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/48015568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wategofizexog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/of8jeu703l9d7vmn2o07cf3rk5/71878499500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajb7v9f2a24h00qtt6qdcrkn7f/72427213112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0d65e21c29---romebutekativegulukuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecb71dd9b8011ff62aa75022678615eb/dadugulaxexup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c72bc193ff8---3235221579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719e873309e---74508796473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krukewittfarms.com/userfiles/file/2979292256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb293ccee9---poxafasuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05cd9c72a1292a2bedc526cca8e4b855/dufizape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bf1644f20---sebozamadovupojurav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/82846644699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c94d1a40a---14113858080.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_off0000fa3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001124e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1124E 17320 bytes
SHA-256: 1f1a041bd57f751048e1efa52f9b264fd2b26568d70ae462902f4f31001e8188
font_02_sfnt_off00013f36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F36 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 2e10c51a663111ee330d01ab49c485fefdd0ca44b280f657ccdb915ecf53d19c