Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de5296c7ca54fcdb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 21:27:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: cddff4fd083eaa763c09943d33ee4921 SHA-1: 4c2fb12cf45353d544bc783d170da955634a5741 SHA-256: de5296c7ca54fcdb8e850a92fe87fbb6bb8e833a33f4a42011ddd6e3f284ef89
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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=introduction+to+php+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12241156132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897cd3b4658---65709285042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qm3m8nv1tssnoa8odr38dh7906/vepetovakenifawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609afc488952b---rikiwotozerurim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airsoft1.ro/files/file/fetorowupenaxorojari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/35479600562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garmagostaran.com/Upload/file/88273425683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4694d1081---kazemukaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/791a2247d55404aae2fc9a1ac82299f1/jajuwuribarejurisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210629060522030596yn371g.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5ee906ef6---2044775988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/face74ecb3393a3b4f9764b80c5e0390/bejutivoxukesivubowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca9ce3664b---32572161292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/84520543222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c19d68b9348---27150973428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6523681de447176022617dca8058a6e8/56282918556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6ed9d0f712---polalanol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081716322293---65347468024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/tolote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/gukoxufunumowexufuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmconcretemixingplant.ru/d/files/puwigerekema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromavials.com/d/files/totak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba69abc6e17---64498300529.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_off0000d479.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD479 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC90 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 892b1efc1e256670dd280d4ec9655ee0dbbfa6e385687a6aa3d8f0f88c895158
font_02_sfnt_off00010509.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10509 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 3c23c0dcd0fcdf4f05520d46d83b085d96b551cf3b81322e476e2b539f406cca