Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f01eba3d78770657…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 11:27:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 2e69bb45cb6a3e17d48f36ed4345b5c1 SHA-1: fc6a9de0f829a5fe3128a6220c519dce2f91cf6d SHA-256: f01eba3d7877065746828f150b7ce909fa8abdf366438a862415cf37cd006f1f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and ML classifiers indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9786

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.
  • 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://haai.org/upload/file/debemi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f6023e802a7ef72b89429c5ce0ea2d2/65232834091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b118a85f5a7e59e75b4a9b22d8d0ad0/jefovikiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c07cc4f0cba53c0949ee27b061cd4646/71131646686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.knickmeier.net/images/pageimg/file/26177095227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815e8c2b1e7---vojajasowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acddf02ffff---gulad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86685482a4---35942784778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruntbudowa.pl/files/file/1245834328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigercabinetry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c99c6357b252c0c0129f06a07cf884/jegipetigekupubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827af37726e---36349457893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/xuzejuteradowokuran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3laki62cdjphq14mtiat820gf4/75798981054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072803528a47---wesenet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43112fbd8c55013a06d26c51e254a68e/16694605751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28100564379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01c5695e0019a8d20b4810068ac37acc/61222302168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb033a385d6---petipuzofikipewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/kunerokarojojapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/86083460786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd45f5432b---xagaxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160befe5f2c4b5---nunajusubur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cba47b612b9da3bfd44e0f3b0034a49/lemibiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/34291852999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021051020471379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nail-free.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33112774275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=maths+quiz+for+class+5+with+answersPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f5c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5C4 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 8ecbaebee3ea1a01e73f36f33a35bd846b5c8e3b3e1f90690fa9ec9829be122c
font_01_sfnt_off00010f4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F4A 16144 bytes
SHA-256: fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516
font_02_sfnt_off000124c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124C5 17772 bytes
SHA-256: a271b350bb5a33b705ff9d2f87e024fcf0c21324b3a71dbdea4f6377490a7a60
font_03_sfnt_off00015354.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15354 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1