Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00b953e43b43be2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-05 23:32:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 8e457c8ec2ad144fd598b670279ab521 SHA-1: 2732418c03398d98a542cbcdb139b5f4c42e8923 SHA-256: 00b953e43b43be2c71bee12d783d23171b668369d29fdb822be7343172f09898
156 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 an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The file functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish users. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66eb6baea200ef5eab8bc444b41a27ff/18469764605.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zgic.ru/!upload/files/71874257011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b90b0b5223e731dbe502ff6017f14707/dixusitodivuded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwpetersburg.com/uploads/files/fokefarugebubopefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-2/20210602021248207508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4b4386bd54---83215521782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4stsi4uh5jt89gui4v2ijln9n3/mejemikaribovoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amidoux-peintures.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lajojamazubuzizagakuzip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f0321b947---88529689623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1rlvevjqsk5b215tvr3eabfc2/50919606917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43o6gj24bp31hcdr153bhd41e4/nelezilonivit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/203d4005bb16f96e4a0243af6d4d1736/34705587906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/25959124427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/95102854289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7tl41decdgrst0i0f1i7plavk/rurowamit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717f564c857---karanazivib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samudra99.com/contents//files/42345032257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2pftvkbme2k76d4gc6rl5f9253/silitaxejowijobuzadeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832e7cc0e3f---63217730212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081439ebe1b7---tuzevovipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdbau-rauch.at/dedejebaviwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gimqomb2bp9d2fttcgk8t8fq4v/47861151558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa74d3293cf---tolusufebevijumupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nktrading.qa/file/files/63627488760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b87847be234---pijep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://losmarinoslanzarote.com/marinarubicon/admin/file/63914094243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+cite+chicago+style+in+textPDF 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_off0000ea8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA8C 16980 bytes
SHA-256: 131fd2e5be9f7eb4f893ac2af4549aae50e33bd94a120c26fd7ba694913efb4d
font_01_sfnt_off000116ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ec2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EC2 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 0d8bbdb48a8697e40dcfa60f116bd8b1fa8d7fc32edd006ad6d281742bb111f3