Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4dee966546cefe3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 11:46:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 2712c8447d78e30b30881a1d44903cb7 SHA-1: 47879dc125c95a731ecc09546602c0f43e6534ee SHA-256: e4dee966546cefe3f386885c78e31841d9825537ebe00ba2af7ba591436a6156
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The document also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware or lead to phishing pages. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=class+12+bio+chapter+5+notes PDF link annotation
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc2c99affef---xuruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3hlvbs8064hfmcbrknanrd1c60/5726264736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/531a1a5f300151223204077b915aee77/79843905512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210505110557090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cab614b60a---60301196331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d3e7063107cc95592c190edc94bfe08/7140760402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97576728599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090820653fa8---pagorotet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wtmongolia.com/materials/file/33336610122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886441c88fd---surumame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyosserspneed.com/userfiles/files/nubalivuludigelinefamot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fogudakexubijinoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szud94.hu/img/sajatfile/files/mimejuguvesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/pabamitovozobewekag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/sunazavinofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bccb7b16342---wolivolisokol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b8bab31673edb8b509aa969fa4c4528/zoramekep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donationwebsites.com/clients/6/68/68901b9e08e997a22fc64c74502b39ca/File/82544269981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9a924383b---tupemi.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fcd03a2278320e20e9958316061f702/xebazax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c74e8bee6c---zupoxedixavogurix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/20037626092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yalcinplayer.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jurelogutipujife.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_off0000eb50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB50 16708 bytes
SHA-256: 7545e33d6e141e9fc29a5882d911ba83f3774429c0fa8a891a0252f3797318be
font_01_sfnt_off000116c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ede.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EDE 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 39ec504e78415fbd4cf9b1c8d317e93ab91c30578e34e499edb62a93a238a3fd