Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec56235e4585cad3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-07-05 14:13:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: bc2bdc43c569ebc3d77bd1422961bda3 SHA-1: ead599a2ed82c5b2e75b9802cbbc191e6ce83f50 SHA-256: ec56235e4585cad3fbfe998590dfc55c39a129b00f9695093335dd3e24866002
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, likely to distribute malware. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://mospolytech.ru/storage//files/34318594348.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/3056184773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jsqra53ev87trpqafkevbcaddi/6227261703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9fb0b6e82b---puzirudago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e37d33a1ce86ea0c30bf1b77051d112/31947442783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebre.org/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/zegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zegabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/80326456848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5d23eaab4---3541439331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/nevanibirapukupojisix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/163a3a85d2de56c257febaf880736b25/31607657991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9cm2usua4cp0k7spbrbvc05iv/jiledaletib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1962ec89e4f55a975a08eab4f72fdae/rivegitupoxofemeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d1c19b6e981aa587348af7610433716/zesesizulisifamegixor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/pesewiwuvasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwc.lt/i/87107912075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85a9f6f5973c417d6663bd5e9fb12ba8/pawefululusemujaledag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.nu/upload/4121153411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bb629eee0bfd6be34ba310912e793fc/94506020191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad90cc23c15---dolenepaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091889e3f6d8---dutisalezujifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.ch/userfiles/files/25983260433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b8199d69f91b3124608276f2d7f1ed1/telikaxanoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817e6acfde5---27184194863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=ghd+sports+apk+old+versionPDF 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_off000103a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103A3 24132 bytes
SHA-256: d50076e0e5cb24490c4da4eafc3f04a36e0dfdb5ecbdcb8ddd3794392e46d159
font_01_sfnt_off000139e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000151fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151FC 10684 bytes
SHA-256: f023c321cc3582166425368fde8bc992ee591aa7bfbd4121413c4a2658926cb5