Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e72dbc660f691c6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.1 KB Created: 2021-07-01 17:41:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 35831254fee1d64f8da939feb767a78f SHA-1: e80a755bd9a64307ba0f0b9c1120735b39c43f2f SHA-256: e72dbc660f691c6f2b272b00c59b4e6e45189c0e6a0b4781ee27b89cbfa55fe7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting domains, likely to obscure the ultimate destination or host malicious content. The presence of external URIs and a link farm structure strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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 http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2ae781008---4521402466.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://blagoustroystvo24.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muvodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sambelteri.com/contents//files/firurer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/80462387439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/nuwubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/vowuwogejeninifopon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/romh5tj4mvqovhqv6clt7jo7s1/mofujeroga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/26939623117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n92202nmjimuvj2klm33dqpm4t/towuxesutulugemij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099eb26b8565---vunibedaxiruxogedigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tmtteks.com/files/jafidibixomugepesizinewef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3kmk361labngjsggvvcmtm3mv1/2690188793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/vililuzup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27d646aa47---47845661976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/913c287c6e55159fa5836be5560c1eb4/1410646188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35968294309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093afe19e32c---89977036861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamat.ro/UserFiles/file/58737834282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaitinhdien.com/app/webroot/upload/files/45446000149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/754tbf72p2tn0ejph5lu8jemnd/vomegasob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899c9f52a0c---depofekemomawitosifufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetmesum.com/contents//files/pemikob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vnos.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/6947697875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=witcher+3+happy+ending+choicesPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00012252.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12252 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 608567bb3df626270b9462124fe6dfdef3b68ee54116c734270a4fd289bdafe7
font_01_sfnt_off0001501b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1501B 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 9383dc7a9acfd739831bc36870e933c22b17b4aa4bcf5f46a3822653baa1868b
font_02_sfnt_off00016996.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16996 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1