Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12b37482adc99b7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 17:02:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 8a5d887ae320acdcf738688b5ce2b129 SHA-1: b17ec4ab36b3e3fb903be77595183fdb2f7d3c82 SHA-256: 12b37482adc99b7b952bd70431a5d5995af8a4a9b1e56a901348676bbd7148c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the idea that the document is designed to trick the user into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608017e7638a6---14965481504.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://belst.by/upload/file/54993078457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb41be32eb7---wegatenivuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96679284597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/33085241538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiddenforrest.net/clients/76790/File/32526747742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27a105445a2d7e48493c85eb07cc1ab7/xepufagezowefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/22020855071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87f06298f0---xizixubowuzagokudim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c301735046b---difuxerixademejelabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/38878192955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/sopizidaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/2974715893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bc04d2c3f---lisugirawef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mujuerp.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/20210527054416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/73655348877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honkakuji.jp/honkakuji/images/ckfinder/files/pipubusuwitesasozomika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0de4d130f1abdb73385119640ffa6278/fixutetezaxemonuxugeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf2cd676399---refew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qe446g0ngd8v4f05pfkjr34u52/246257416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098127b45ab3---tesumonupumudakobovuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609218e541d73---78936162462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mauspro.net/upload/files/77125764980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a45511a7c21---87827564848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+world+was+gonna+roll+mePDF 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_off0000c859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC859 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e070.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE070 10552 bytes
SHA-256: a840d6050444fa0b65035d3ac6abcc0b1fd45ac7d06be241a749477212e94265
font_02_sfnt_off0000f822.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF822 17788 bytes
SHA-256: e5712b22807f28abff60fb277506860c4f978ec4f2963138dbade7cc1a22e2b6