Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc5b046f37afa51d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.0 KB Created: 2021-07-04 04:08:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: b42ea8e9aad776b56d7e5e3269f7f540 SHA-1: c0b44b36841f32bd8b8782c38cffcd15beaee476 SHA-256: fc5b046f37afa51df48bde33440cb4c6b92a05482ac0c25be6dae2c31409c832
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with multiple heuristics indicating it's a link farm on compromised WordPress sites. The embedded URLs likely lead to phishing or malware distribution sites. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9926

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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+solubility+of+agcl+in+0.1+m+nacl+is PDF link annotation
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7chdah0681ureuj70couobev0/kipejerutexexexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donauwell.at/userfiles/file/kezuvakeziwimegugux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105211205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hf0m6q7o3g427tpk31obu9rm99/29558519033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731b69ec032---jewawumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160979425ee27a---37256954500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cb50dde9924875fc89b747f598953b5/97840118127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a3c199266edb4a578c732238bb64575/7717938495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56d5af2ec087362a1179846c5b1e92b2/degetuxedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwynva.com/clients/d/de/de91e19d235d8a3764238851c6b73f99/File/wirakudiroduru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/544cd34955d2c7a4dc494f5db23e3674/387045684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loadcell.vn/Images_upload/files/nazivutawaxuwezugasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f61ec3f436---41242605755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/sumufiweze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6a48bc368---76836956310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c98d89bf9b---wesomowisajef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0h9vsunvr1df98fcgjgc6vk1b6/79911925005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607506275a783---nesulepizuzisafar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g6cs5tp38nuc38l07n5dt5uvs2/11478960015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshanwoo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81445132304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f51e69c4ed30b661ba88a7364f97d6c1/vireteparelovumakomen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725bb8aadca---72233105312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovelyspa.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1983718635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vzwsportenmuziek.com/content_docs/zapikumebepa.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_off00013105.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13105 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001491c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1491C 11240 bytes
SHA-256: 9ccb3ebcb8e801c6ec5720d697aee1e7b2ae84da00a6b9e07d161aa6d3cc59b0
font_02_sfnt_off00016362.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16362 19696 bytes
SHA-256: a7f2ca07e7b40407d4e9f403a923388f476c35427d383e9cca57e60e90fa9bf0