Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a754561769e0098…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 04:45:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 48bf9c33ce07044da5d2300f2cfce98e SHA-1: 22558ef2aa2c8860dee3bf8cb97eeda0f276dfdc SHA-256: 0a754561769e009852b100bf39517dff3c641947ac3f637aa95540ecd108b5d3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and link farm behavior align with common tactics for initial access via malicious documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e39e43aa3c37db9461b1bc0c0a60e927/potivomuvizev.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf5bca9049---lenik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/roxipunipifube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c33fa6b21a9---71226496298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751acd9f7ea---59731404014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd4508cea639e81044e644afe70d7b87/zixunamovufututogox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fc4a34ed0---demovale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f683a9942b---67571728491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjmjwarrickhudsonfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/9b/9be434dcd9982d5451de1b36a82eb828/File/xoriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb5c1c9f60---21947297088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namratalakhotia.com/userfiles/files/mufitetufiwerelabuzanowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/14311348286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0k1r6tp9blkjbda0c4p20ltna7/jedemodofejoraxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61bb55593f2208b99c180acb6fcd3a46/wumejinitirukepava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092362f52287---60435701693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14cbc45d22---folemofoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b4a71331977---nesutexopemaragij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/227610epp0nkdjp5m46j22us0v/bedijanaposotakutuwaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd0536c9d2---jirawexegoxanikoxezinofov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f0a83918fae2eb1bb5f6c4fe555de6a/94012902959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inezorviskids.com/clients/37546/File/27883628341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosyromania.com/media/file/47416643564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=clinical+microbiology+made+ridiculously+simple+latest+editionPDF 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_off00012172.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12172 18060 bytes
SHA-256: 00d93ade4e9588c2b45449ecf260752c71cc642d761ac9cbd59dec977dab394b
font_01_sfnt_off00014ff5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FF5 11244 bytes
SHA-256: 8febddd5e0e0240ec5fda34abf9478c795fb814df26216933ac83d2e2a87e223
font_02_sfnt_off000169eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1