Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0920e8239e38490b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 06:47:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: b162075782e8b85408013bb9c5d24772 SHA-1: 821f57f2fe2b20e6bb7d19bc9c388b6abf0fc95d SHA-256: 0920e8239e38490b59fa4dafee10b5b17f3d2e828e8344dfdbfc26f5a020022b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm on compromised CMS uploads. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests the document's content is designed to trick users into clicking malicious links, likely to download further payloads. The numerous unknown URLs extracted from the document support this, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607113c784d80---15041091054.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b40267d3c2c424088c3ec73eeff1932c/tobutalotipomiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0neqpvk4i71094qvbe3t7rtj6/pesexokuvogobabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baeb6707f70---kefowat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087bb5485490---soretiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/88110772816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c74eb72d0cd42f4b2436d2a9955dd3d/fozezelaxewad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwjefferson.com/uploads/files/vusukoledemopekapax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f7e50f021---sidivokakodikukubajalix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b671ae1bb5---kolebuxodawodixotuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc3c983e06---6085104940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f3795d181f---60482942996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a64b9351ac---18814025442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607569fab80dc---fejajimafatorerijov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/bapajudejesunevaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ce495525d7a4b8ecea1c54722de5fc3/xesabezade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964651dd11a---91482621893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9be3c5d74---65546108881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/fobakumaresaxajiluput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/899f86c97b91cc9b913885d15ea5a18d/wamabup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e98d801fa8---1799359047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getem.plfiles/file/mavesebim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genegurumiraclehealer.com/userfiles/file/23290551232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=us+import+duty+ratesPDF 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_off0000ffbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFBF 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 16aff7694d371536a6c04a0a5de5a164fa6693c8c9fcb933c039a63adfed955f
font_01_sfnt_off00012e2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014643.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14643 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 026881165f17c210d5143236094f6fc0fc9544e42aaf4d31e60927947ac59f86

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