Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5351731c75a63e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-09 05:56:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 7cda21df8464b83680364d05f799b581 SHA-1: 935e297ff56298b571e792c48c17f22ea70e948b SHA-256: f5351731c75a63e30fa86b1369ca6d680c4b914eae0fe883f7a6240cffb8e594
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users. The presence of numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a phishing page or malware download server.

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://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/475c8b99ea6c3149d8ea6fc98bbc79c8/29049702441.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://golfproradost.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nukizeretizisamir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/kawepugojerodeletotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-tournament.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66649174197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210614042437571388izg372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/wukemun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3u9i3u2uib515bv143h5s2oipr/lizajadezelud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75f42fcc8074f9fc1bdc6c91b7a1b739/30289787533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2339531f46---joronexidafuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daydreamspin.com/userfiles/file/giradozonig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/62479319856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/mexewomesakudezidut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/sedufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/lizoxegozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db839a08abe---pefolexiralomifopaxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/wakatajaxuziseta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076961a491dd---kigoximawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimuselearningschool.com/learning/site/images/uploadfiles/13837706635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/854e7840ac3f1f19b27ae903f4677229/30788704227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.pl/upload/rewaguge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a38d17f58ac9e023e3c5d430071643a/11533714785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5de3553cc---lasemusipabatarunako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ersatzmonitor.de/userfiles/file/guvofemalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeneifogaszat.hu/cikkdata/files/50799023204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094af5027c99---43268813851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=toss+the+turtlePDF 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_off0000efe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F3 16856 bytes
SHA-256: 16aef82ad3a5e3344a08640856b60cda5708668b18d772cb9902d1e2ceb5ae9e
font_02_sfnt_off000133d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133D1 9908 bytes
SHA-256: f9ff9c2116d9fe29f5c269118813b9301bfbbf0c10e827f1aac3a725e56b5cd3