Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d87b899e8a527365…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 16:49:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: a597c026cf38b1a1674a4cc5121f624e SHA-1: 804412df780cd97a98c2a26d59ca12e670eeb652 SHA-256: d87b899e8a5273658312526e3666fc240e228eb7e28c07ccad2f143d4cac6860
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=amplitude+of+wave+function PDF link annotation
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad2b84a2b97b5362a7623ddb43444250/69016382434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cortabellanews.com/userimages/rifatepiwadezofefudirewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ada4efa46---surodeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b509010c0a---bejopom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33eeb803d5a9f9ed36b5a2d4c5e29d4e/mazev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae27c03cbc9---rigidabowadokuxoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfa1ef840143ec5eb368278aed79609b/botuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53838532a10100e69b94a0f380ab6ff1/xafidevup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/450b05d27e5e23426b14df7c3bd9e880/puvozajolakowafoxozowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45ba80f1b683b8990570b99ed4668149/jexewokigug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizungen.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/25649478153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4e5ae98a21---zolavosikopuzusojatovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/40444133161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beaa9eeee65---85788598348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/21758679527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce5d136d93c---39182052708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5500141b201ea2657b881f9e9765c06/44682971194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcurryproperties.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/tapozimoxugudexixozaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c26deaa4094---58911739876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ea02f99d177bdf66b2ed0c977ca0f21/toxemovovajumixibuvil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/24768346609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/53388457675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d1e3efcd2---muwewugaga.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_off0000ff3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF3D 10748 bytes
SHA-256: e091b211c1cd07c1aadfcda13862bbc5743c860aafa000550fc89eb3347dac1a
font_01_sfnt_off00011804.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11804 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13016 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 2326cb4503a943dbf46bb815c79015578e1525af06982c752a8a1dbe07ab0021