Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1502c187c2c4815…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-07-10 01:13:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: d20bb2ecaeeaf8dabb10c1b9204626cb SHA-1: 3663293f74deb5d86a2ef725ba16f1ee2314f339 SHA-256: f1502c187c2c48158d35363adca224cb0131d5157ac0c47701ee243f2aa4b967
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or SEO manipulation scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=penny+stocks+that+pay+dividends PDF link annotation
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160addb5450f0d---27968400826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47529593173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cbos60adrqtfgsirn3f7t483r/rozame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5d2975bee0c5cfcdb46226c4b61126a/37908757126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f50733832---jujanoruvuxuxopitime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/77861339444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1dd965f79---buvuritumunupenabuxozag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dfd156ce08---25007517070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplo76.ru/uploads/file/17959249994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/809586a5d3ba03528a8ff75e4a2be4f9/60670048304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6b798a56b4---69533129796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ptjn5vleaobrf3hf049d0p1qd4/leboburozudedek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0b9704c19---ginefexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c2958d0ae---gizeradupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d652773f4f---xigupugejonatusisegatijan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oprandi.it/userfiles/files/9444158764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d95b409e512345708f50e0eacd42ec0e/8373248216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6a9b2241dfb66a52e53a2161e20a252/lilapabififejuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dec1904da1---6967166265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/84499624501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondasushi.com/uploads/files/gefota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diedacorporation.net/freesiafiles/file/18105881749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad7088b681e---nizamoluledutesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079018f8cfe5---17866058281.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_off0000f551.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF551 17076 bytes
SHA-256: 084e9cb5d172017a79c4960f73215b7d1ea41cca16dfc488b94b4ee7c6bde6ba
font_01_sfnt_off000121b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000139cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139CF 10736 bytes
SHA-256: a27b0ea18129e4322035cc388126c0e6b6fb23af0c0a878415b7d979f4937e60