Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5c7ecfcfdae65ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 02:49:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: d0edfe54447b13f3ee93283c7b60ef69 SHA-1: 574c3e45d0b8972d1bd68a84fb4f987d06af6246 SHA-256: f5c7ecfcfdae65ec3cb9fe57468bf50578d298bc6c480f8d64e44a7931ab8fa9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on multiple compromised websites, directing users to download further malicious PDFs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to distribute malware or facilitate phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095bbae02d54---pemunegugoxupa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ej5vj40i97151vle224bnnaj4/75093060010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.com/userfiles/file/pixigenirilov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80c35b648e9b16a85b1e1ac65966838b/83680280928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ceb64703bb---xisuxatax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecompletecontact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zilexagibasininepinul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1beb40d58f---wapononuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clipsttm.com/userfiles/file///dusireguzalefofanudezujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/325836e28637b8ca749cb636fad41a52/69927859335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d41f7be9429---nesowopajibiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/666041603a6d1228256078c0101fd47b/folipukit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brunsfamilyreunion.org/clients/e/e7/e70b0594429ddd28dfd4dd2f61c76e80/File/75897570029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetsaban3watnuea.com/UserFiles/file/vowipepesad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62598649016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servmed.net/userfiles/file/48936726647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/spim5ch84tq6kaju48tofd6c80/xofubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/52628953766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90371c7c5bd00028613991c8d813c1dc/51974143908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094e95d9c36e---kifaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehc1on9lhi6kvgs1itv52b6rs7/82678921879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=tv+tuner+for+laptop+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48ae55d247---wasazadafufasixodabe.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_off0000f427.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF427 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010c3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C3E 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 68a99ac56f3d6f8a86d012f1cacf47992e6b82a41916b70748433b6158a66871
font_02_sfnt_off00012423.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12423 17424 bytes
SHA-256: cd9f9567d5e1793bdb454bf1b49200df4f46087a3b28919e47559b0e948ba75f