Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1249a21ab288261c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 17:04:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: d474e6e0efa637313df5bc38924222e4 SHA-1: 3704223d7b58eba7a310009b0d18452af378acc0 SHA-256: 1249a21ab288261c9a56841299a546508db6ad9cc3e9c00bc9130213a8d7b4ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phishing content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e72553b22a5abc7202590046fb25ebd/97218477405.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e59960428a827e311962954d7b35aa2/litutozidizapubiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moto-trend.cz/public/files/fck/file/bebunezesemerarapiravol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c7b314fce0032e707ff786084462b42/31912674126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/82729084157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledseoul.com/userData/board/file/minurodaluzakogilemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqcrprmt3promn89750nnkjjd0/tigaduxekegativuravo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607513b077ac5---nexofefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2993e62973---tawoxekifuxamofudototo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/35057446747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a377833a567---bevimezulatet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/pufexiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jechtinger-wein.com/jechtingen/files/jakasakixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrans911.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/31311538722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078553cb7e5f---jepakimumamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d4df80368---6333821063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/604f6e7044394591523b3f75f1d4f935/duxetavuperekojojako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromoink.com/updates/file/gonomujoxaseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7747684e3f---duramawixurivugumapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160976754b8782---78866814504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/fefidenazuleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4cf0bbc562d6e852dd4ecddf4434b98/rosiderezinixil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=new+syllabus+of+chemistry+class+11PDF 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_off0000ca10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA10 15692 bytes
SHA-256: b41e224bdac4290bd93e65d9241c08d8c427f720b6ca30affabb91c32cbdf7de
font_01_sfnt_off0000f273.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF273 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A8A 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 635111d0be7b0a777863538174537139893ea7ee5e241410bf695d2b9f41acab