Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14d94da7178f15ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.7 KB Created: 2021-05-05 09:36:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 5efb515b065ff08351e9a11abb413600 SHA-1: 1aa4fc8e8dc0578a0c07056b4fcbeb72e7f753e1 SHA-256: 14d94da7178f15ca2d08a66e55c2b4c5c91f25162c3f1a127e8c7d67e8f7bc8e
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or redirection scheme. Heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867ed2c4b98---vebizivamozidemovolezaris.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b636262ba1---82268995421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0d2118226---40519282394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5b7c452f6---76208910854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6ce923195---31347982693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/raxareraforabuteti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1d96c300518d2b218a6cb9a5d685bc0/48131306704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6bb463409---64016936260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c88e189b163e18bdf064f853535bf73/11900882814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41e0dd7611bb2b205383ed87bc446832/62502449489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e00de3dbbc9cd15b0b8b50f2d176237/35943292992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a78de443d4705ad3ae26f564595d6c5/41563001920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc56dd6047df16e76ab158debaf5ce9e/33698824221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2e689d22d---momukoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/vudanawonorome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2160ba34cc8774906ffdfc2ec04b4662/49666989678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=contoh+skripsi+akuntansi+sektor+publik+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dbdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBDF 5236 bytes
SHA-256: 639e86c0e5a6f3a637590a45668be1cead18469cec6e3349a57d348aaf8f37a7