Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1182872d159d1c83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 07:32:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 6c993f1ca9a97ecb19c3e0b8e2b52d8c SHA-1: af794e04508f69707cbc5c03e6c8519e9c8a012e SHA-256: 1182872d159d1c832ff435e795f41cca727f85cce9a6c406467d3ae4a26449a2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The document functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as a distribution mechanism for further malicious content, potentially exploiting vulnerabilities in the user's browser or system.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87a994e9a7---29031655509.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be8d25765fb23272d6f87e3357397928/60786939249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7886f47b97d26c10c78f2b47112d4e08/pulilomexigumovimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevelec.com/bevelec/dossierMois/file/dariboxiwujed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adian.eus/files/galeria/files/87881211842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gkuju047me5hb03p684r4l9p42/wuxidajew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onuq2rg4rqerlq85hb12gj8u22/pepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.anandtirth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98pussjn08udp4j4clod8e1mr3/lijolunididerogotesori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hh0aq5iffgmvbocci0pk64ni1/votogedibusajotiferosini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6d9a3cfdd047d7fe21413a61068a5dc/ganuvunaseses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf5a87d966---tizibuzunuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c241a08c1---lekonobebiwagegatok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vac93h5je1f47tfoqsjdpvg3tp/pomuwisubogidebibiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0483fcbd10d5dbe634313450be82beae/59309953585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afdade3dcfa---jitapijetajikibetabepoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/954611df80b9df8ae63ca7bbfe97c5a1/fejobadavogisanojidubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2c5cbc038---nuwakitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf21a3b65a71a36508e6755e02144bb1/sogin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1384d7fca2d7bbff93361641906a4692/naruba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58bc300d14a51aaf8867ff4d470f1860/rixabetepilapeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2eac13ff2a---supikekoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=pastoral+ministry+how+to+shepherd+biblically+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dc167ae192---87418186561.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_off0000ff89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF89 17616 bytes
SHA-256: 9f69d3a4b6bf73f2c10c40a31bd6f0ea69de9d57550d7ef794ab1480a825e45a
font_01_sfnt_off00012d4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014563.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14563 11224 bytes
SHA-256: d006fc041c8cd781cd9b70595c4a97a5a8f054b97b5cf9f3cd11db5930f2fb03